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BY-LAWS, GENERAL LAWS AND 
CONVENTION LAWS 


of the 

INTERNATIONAL 
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION AND 
UNION PRINTERS HOME 


Together With 

The Terms of Amalgamation With the German-American 
Typographia and the Joint Agreement Made When 
Organizing the International Allied Print¬ 
ing Trades Association 


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PUBLISHED BY 

THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION 
635-650 Newton Claypool Building 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
1914 




THE NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION WAS ORGANIZED 
MAYTHREE, EIGHTEEN FIFTY-TWO, IN CINCINNATI, OHIO 
THE NAME OFTHE ORGANIZATION WAS CHANGED TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. JUNE ELEVEN 
EIGHTEEN SIXTY-NINE, AT THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL 
SESSION. HELD IN ALBANY, NEW YORK 

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CONSTITUTION 


Article I.— Jurisdiction. 

Section i. This body shall be known as the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union of North America. 
Its jurisdiction shall include all branches of the print¬ 
ing and kindred trades, other than those over which 
jurisdiction has been conceded by agreement. In it 
alone is vested power to establish subordinate unions 
of printers (printers, proofreaders who are practical 
printers, machine tenders, and all other skilled em¬ 
ployes not otherwise herein excepted), mailers and 
kindred trades, and its mandates must be obeyed at all 
times and under all circumstances. To the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union of North America is re¬ 
served the right to fix, regulate and determine all mat¬ 
ters pertaining to fellowship in its branches of the 
printing and kindred trades; while to subordinate 
unions is conceded the right to make all necessary laws 
for local government which do not conflict with the 
laws of the International Union. In cases where allied 
trades, have formed district unions the powers herein¬ 
after specified shall be delegated to said trade district 
unions. 

Sec. 2. A charter may be issued to ten or more 
printers, and to five or more of the allied crafts or kin¬ 
dred trades in any city or town. Only one English- 
speaking subordinate union in any distinctive craft shall 
be chartered in the same place; but a charter may be 
granted to printers of, and working in, a foreign tongue, 
and such printers may join an English-speaking union 
in any place where a union in their mother tongue does 
not exist. 


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Sec. 3. The distinctive names of the several subordi¬ 
nate branches shall be: Of the printers, typographical 
union; of the mailers, mailers’ union; and of other al¬ 
lied crafts or trades, if such there be, the distinctive 
name of each branch. 

Article II.— Laws. 

Section i. The International Typographical Union 
may enact and enforce laws for its government and that 
of subordinate unions and members thereof throughout 
its jurisdiction. 

Sec. 2. The laws of the International Typographical 
Union shall be comprised in: 

(a) The Constitution, which shall contain the outline, 
fundamental principles and policies of the organization, 
the jurisdiction of the International Typographical 
Union and local unions, the list of officers and their 
general duties and salaries, and all matters pertaining 
to the raising of revenue. 

(b) The By-Laws, which shall contain laws relating 
to the qualification and election of officers and their 
specific duties, the election of delegates, and the audit¬ 
ing of International accounts. 

(c) The General Laws, which shall contain all mat¬ 
ters pertaining to the relations of members and local 
unions to each other, and to employers and others out¬ 
side the jurisdiction of the union. 

(d) The convention laws, which shall contain all 
laws, rules of order, committees, etc., relative to the 
convention and its deliberations. 

(e) Laws instituting and relating to a system of 
benefits and laws providing for the care of invalid and 
aged and infirm members in good standing. 

Sec. 3. The Constitution shall only be amended by 
referendum vote, in the manner hereinafter set forth. 

Sec. 4. By-Laws and General Laws may be enacted 
by the conventions of the International Typographical 


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Union, but shall in nowise conflict with the Constitu¬ 
tion, or any part thereof. 

Article III.— Conventions. 

Section i. The conventions of the International 
Typographical Union shall be held annually on the sec¬ 
ond Monday in August at such place as the delegates 
in convention assembled may designate. All the ar¬ 
rangements for the same to be made by and at the ex¬ 
pense of the International Typographical Union. 

Article IV.— Representation. 

Section i. Subordinate unions are entitled to repre¬ 
sentation in conventions of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union according to the following apportion¬ 
ment: Unions with one hundred members or less, one 
delegate; more than one hundred and less than five 
hundred members, two delegates; more than five hun¬ 
dred and less than one thousand members, three dele¬ 
gates; and one thousand or any greater number of mem¬ 
bers, four delegates. Two or more subordinate unions, 
having a membership of less than one hundred members 
each, may combine and elect one delegate, the certifi¬ 
cate of a delegate so chosen to be signed by the presi¬ 
dent and secretary of each of the unions he represents. 

Sec. 2. Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote, 
and no proxies shall be allowed. 

Article V.— Officers and Elections. 

Section i. The elective officers of the International 
Typographical Union shall be a President, a First Vice- 
President, a Second Vice-President, a Vice-President 
for each of the allied crafts, a Secretary-Treasurer, such 
number of delegates to the American Federation of 
Labor as this body is entitled to by law, such number of 
nominees as may be necessary to fill vacancies in the 
membership of the Union Printers Home corporation, 
and an Agent of the Union Printers Home. 

Sec. 2. The elective officers of the International. 


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Typographical Union shall be nominated by the local 
unions and elected by the membership in a manner 
which shall be specifically set forth in the By-Laws. 

Sec. 3. The term of office of all elective officers shall 
be for two years, or until their successors are elected 
and qualified. 

Article VI. —Duties of Officers. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Section i. The President shall attend and preside at 
all conventions of the International Typographical 
Union during his term of office; he shall at all times 
exercise a general supervision over all officers of the 
International Union; he shall make his official residence 
in the city of Indianapolis, and shall give his entire 
time to the duties of his office; he shall have authority, 
should he become satisfied that any officer is derelict in 
the performance of any duty, or has been guilty of any 
dishonest act, to suspend such officer from his official 
position. He shall be ex officio the nominee of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union for the office of Pres¬ 
ident of the Union Printers Home corporation, and one 
of the delegates to the American Federation of Labor. 
He shall perform such other duties as appertain to his 
office or as may be required by law. 

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Sec. 2. The First Vice-President shall assist the 
President in the discharge of his duties, and shall per¬ 
form the duties of President in his absence, death, in¬ 
capacity or resignation from office. He shall attend 
all sessions of the International Typographical Union. 

Sec. 3. The Second Vice-President shall discharge 
such duties as are more particularly set forth in the 
treaty of amalgamation between this L^nion and the 
German-American Typographia. 

Sec. 4. Each Vice-President allotted to the allied 
crafts shall have a vote in the Executive Council on 
such matters as appertain to his craft. 


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THE SECRETARY-TREASURER. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall attend all con¬ 
ventions of the International Union, and shall devote 
his entire time to the business of this union; he shall, 
in connection with the president, establish an office in 
the city of Indianapolis, which shall be the official 
headquarters of the International Union, and where 
all books, records, etc., shall be kept; he shall be the 
custodian of the funds of the International Union, 
and shall, under the direction of the Executive Coun¬ 
cil deposit all funds of the International Union in 
some responsible bank or banks in said city; he shall 
give bond with a solvent guarantee company as 
surety payable to the President as trustee for the 
International Typographical Union and its members 
in the sum of $50,000 previous to assuming office, 
which bond shall be paid for by this union and shall 
be approved by the Executive Council; he shall also 
be secretary of the Executive Council, and perform 
such other duties as may be required by law. He 
shall be ex officio the nominee of the International 
Typographical Union for the office of Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer of the Union Printers Home corporation. Any 
bond executed by a guarantee company to the Presi¬ 
dent as aforesaid shall inure to the successors of such 
President as trustee for the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union and its members, and for any breach of 
such bond the President as trustee for the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union and its members is hereby 
authorized to bring suit in his name as such President 
for the benefit of the International Typographical 
Union and its members. 

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 

Sec. 6. There shall be an Executive Council, consist¬ 
ing of the President, the Second Vice-President and 
Secretary-Treasurer, which body shall have general 


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supervision of the business of the International Union 
and of subordinate unions. 

THE AGENT. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Agent, in the event 
of the Union Printers Home corporation neglecting or 
refusing to comply with the provisions of the deed 
under which the land on which the Home is situated 
was transferred, or disobeying any of the orders of the 
International Typographical Union, to enter upon and 
take full possession of the property as the custodian of 
the International Typographical Union: Provided 
That it shall be the duty of the Agent to attend one 
meeting of the Board of Trustees during his tenure of 
office. 

THE REPRESENTATIVES. 

Sec. 8 . The President, with the approval of the Ex¬ 
ecutive Council, shall have powder to appoint all neces¬ 
sary representatives. The appointment of any repre¬ 
sentative may be revoked by the Executive Council for 
just cause. Representatives shall assist in the organ¬ 
ization of new unions, under direction and control of 
the President, and perform such other* duties as may 
be assigned them by the President or the Executive 
Council. 

Article VII.— Vacancies in Office. 

Section i. In case of the death, resignation, disqual¬ 
ification or refusal to serve of any officer, other than the 
President, the Executive Council shall select a suc¬ 
cessor for the unexpired term, except where said officers 
represent a craft organized as a trade district union. 

Article VIII.— Salaries and Expenses. 

Section i. The salary of the President, Vice-Pres¬ 
idents and Secretary-Treasurer, in full for the services 
rendered by each of said officers during term of office, 
shall be the sums following: For the President, for 
services rendered as President of the International 


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Typographical Union and as President of the Board 
of Trustees of the Union Printers Home, $3,500 
per annum; First Vice-President, $150 and traveling ex¬ 
penses to and from the conventions of the International 
Typographical Union; Second Vice-President, $500 per 
annum; Mailer Vice-President, $300 pe r im; and 

Secretary-Treasurer, for services rendered as Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer of the International Typographical 
Union and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of 
Trustees of the Union Printers Home, $3,500 per 
annum. 

Sec. 2. The compensation of any officer other than 
President, Second Vice-President or Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer, or any member performing service under direc¬ 
tion of the President or Executive Council, shall be an 
amount for time lost equal to his earning capacity, or, 
if unemployed, the regular scale of his union, but not 
less than $4 per day. 

Sec. 3. When any officer or member is required to 
perform service away from his home, he shall be al¬ 
lowed, in addition to the amounts set forth above, 
first-class railroad fare by the shortest route to and 
from his destination, and actual hotel expenses: Pro¬ 
vided, That an itemized bill shall in all cases be ren¬ 
dered. 

Sec. 4. The President and Secretary-Treasurer shall, 
on their first election, be entitled to traveling expenses 
from their homes to the headquarters of the Interna¬ 
tional Union, and also on return at close of official term. 
They shall also be allowed a vacation of thirty days in 
each year, but such vacation shall not interrupt the or- 
iinary workings of their offices. 

Article IX. —Revenue and Funds. 

Section i. The revenue of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union shall be derived as follows: From 
dues, which shall be 40 cents per month per member; 
an additional one-half of 1 per cent assessment on 


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earnings of members for old age pension fund, and an 
additional one-half of i per cent assessment on earn¬ 
ings of members for the mortuary benefit fund; from 
charters for subordinate unions; from necessary sup¬ 
plies at prices to be fixed by law. International dues 
for each month shall be collected by subordinate 
unions, and shall be transmitted to the secretary-treas¬ 
urer of the International Typographical Union before 
the twentieth of the succeeding month. Unions fail¬ 
ing to comply with this provision shall be considered 
delinquent and debarred from benefits: Provided, 
That unions located so far from headquarters as to 
make it impossible for their dues to reach there within 
the prescribed time shall not be considered delinquent 
if their remittances bear postmark date prior to the 
fifteenth of the succeeding month. 

Sec. 2. In addition to the monthly dues provided in 
this article every member (except members of the 
Typographia and those domiciled at the Union Printers 
Home) shall pay the sum of 5 cents monthly as a sub¬ 
scription to The Typographical Journal, the same to 
be collected with the monthly dues and transmitted to 
the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Union to 
be placed to the credit of the general fund. 

Sec. 3. The dues of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union shall be apportioned to the several funds 
as follows: Fifteen cents to the Union Printers Plome 
fund, one-half of 1 per cent on earnings of members to 
the old age pension fund; one-half of 1 per cent on 
earnings of members to the mortuary fund; the bal¬ 
ance to the general fund. 

Sec. 4. The general fund shall be used to defray 
all expenses of the International Typographical Union 
except disbursements for the pension fund, the mortu¬ 
ary fund and the Home fund. 

Sec. 5. On the death of each member in good 


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standing, a death benefit shall be paid to the desig¬ 
nated beneficiary in amounts as follows: 

For a membership of one year or less, $75. 

For a membership of more than one year and less 
than two years, $100. 

For a membership of two years and less than three 
years, $125. 

For a membership of three years and less than four 
years, $200. 

For a membership of four years and less than five 
years, $300. 

For a membership of five years or over, $400. 

Sec. 6. The mortuary benefit fund shall be used 
for the purpose of disbursing mortuary benefits to the 
designated beneficiaries of deceased members. 

Sec. 7. All moneys to the credit of the Union 
Printers Home fund shall be transferred to the Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer of the Union Printers Home corpora¬ 
tion. 

Sec. 8. The old age pension fund shall be used for 
the purpose of maintaining and disbursing pensions to 
aged and superannuated members. 

Sec. 9. The Executive Council shall have the power 
and authority to transfer money of this union from 
one fund to another whenever deemed necessary to 
maintain the integrity of this organization. 

Article X.—Penalties. 

Section i. The charter of any subordinate union 
which shall fail or refuse to pay its per capita tax and 
other moneys, or any part thereof, within three months 
after becoming due, shall be suspended. The Secretary- 
Treasurer shall give such derelict union thirty days’ 
notice of the action to be taken. 

Sec. 2. Any subordinate union which shall fail to 
make reports required by law or the Executive Council, 
or which shall neglect or refuse to obey any law or 
legal mandate of the International Typographical Union 


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or Executive Council, may be fined or have its charter 
suspended by the Executive Council. 

Sec. 3. Any officer of the International Union may 
be impeached by the Executive Council, and if the 
charges are proven shall be disqualified to further dis¬ 
charge the duties of his office, and a successor shall be 
appointed, as already provided for. 

Article XI. —Appeals. 

Section i. All appeals from the decision of a 
subordinate union shall be submitted, in written or 
printed form only, to the Executive Council of the 
International Typographical Union (one copy of com¬ 
plete papers to be furnished the Executive Council. 
Both appellant and respondent must retain complete 
copies to be used in case of appeal to convention), and 
decision rendered by that body, except in cases where 
allied crafts are organized as trade district unions. 
Should either party feel aggrieved at the decision of 
the Executive Council he shall have the right of ap¬ 
peal, in printed form only, to the succeeding conven¬ 
tion of the International Typographical Union, which 
judgment shall be final. 

Sec. 2. Appellant and respondent shall furnish 
copies of papers in complete form to each other, and 
shall be entitled to submit replies to these original ar¬ 
ticles. In appeals to the convention, the same pro¬ 
cedure shall be followed. 

Article XII.— Obligation. 

Section i. All subordinate unions shall have an ar¬ 
ticle in their constitution which shall read as follows: 

OBLIGATION FOR MEMBERS. 

Every person admitted as a member of this union 
shall subscribe to the following obligation, which shall 
apply only to matters pertaining to the printing in¬ 
dustry: 

I (give name) hereby solemnly and sincerely swear 
(or affirm) that I will not reveal any business or pro - 


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ceedings of any meeting of this or any subordinate 
union to which I may hereafter be attached, unless by 
order of the union, except to those whom I know to be 
members in good standing thereof; that I will, without 
equivocation or evasion, and to the best of my ability, 
abide by the Constitution, By-Laws and the adopted 
scale of prices of any union to which I may belong; that 
I will at all times support the laws, regulations, and de¬ 
cisions of the International Typographical Union, and 
will carefully avoid giving aid or succor to its enemies, 
and use all honorable means within my power to pro¬ 
cure employment for members of the International 
Typographical Union in preference to others; that my 
fidelity to the union and my duty to the inembers there¬ 
of shall in no sense be interfered with by any allegiance 
that I may now or hereafter owe to any other organisa¬ 
tion, social, political or religious, secret or otherwise; 
that I will belong to no society or combination com¬ 
posed wholly or partly of printers, with the intent or 
purpose to interfere with the trade regulations or inffu- 
ence or control the legislation of this union; that I will 
not wrong a member, or see him or her wronged, if in 
my power to prevent. To all of which I*pledge my most 
sacred honor. 

OBLIGATION FOR DELEGATES. 

Sec. 2. AThe following obligation shall be adminis¬ 
tered to each and every International Typographical 
Union delegate immediately after the approval of the 
report of the Secretary-Treasurer: 

I (repeat name individually) solemnly swear (or 
affirm) that I do not now belong, nor will I belong at 
any time in the future, to any society or combination 
composed wholly or partly of members of this Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, or any other union under 
its jurisdiction, the intent and purpose of which is to 
interfere with the trade regulations or influence or con¬ 
trol the legislation of this or any other union, or the 
selection or election of any officer or officers. 


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Article XIII.— Trade District Unions. 

Section i. Any of the allied trades under the juris¬ 
diction of this organization may form a Trade District 
Union. 

Sec. 2. Such Trade District Union shall have the 
following powers, privileges and rights, and as may be 
more specifically set forth in the By-Laws: 

(a) To charter, establish and form unions of its 
craft. Charters to be procured from the International 
Typographical Union. 

(b) To issue and control traveling cards to members 
working at its craft. 

(c) To make all laws for the sole government of its 
craft. 

(d) To decide all matters in dispute solely affecting 
members of its union. 

(e) To elect officers of the Trade District Union, the 
President of which shall be a Vice-President of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union. 

(f) To collect and forward to the Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer of the International Typographical Union all per 
capita tax due from subordinate unions of its craft. 

Sec. 3. Such powers, privileges and rights shall not 
work to repeal or affect the laws of the International 
Typographical Union regarding revenue, per capita tax, 
benefits, strikes and lockouts, the six-day law, and al¬ 
lied trades council laws. 

Article XIV.— Traveling Card and With¬ 
drawal Card. 

Section i. The International Union shall issue, in 
blank form, cards of appropriate design, to be known 
as the “Traveling Card,” and the “Withdrawal Card,” 
which shall be furnished subordinate unions, except 
trade district unions, at prices fixed by law, to be 
used by members in good standing, on proper applica¬ 
tion being made therefor. 


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Article XV.— The Official Paper. 

Section i. There shall be published monthly by the 
Secretary-Treasurer a paper of forty-eight or more 
pages, to be non-political and non-sectarian, and to be 
known as “The Typographical Journal: Official Paper 
of the International Typographical Union of North 
America,” which shall be, so far as practicable, the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union’s official organ of com¬ 
munication to subordinate unions. 

Article XVI.— The Label. 

Section i. The label, stamp or device used, and in¬ 
tended to be used, by this Union, for the purpose of dis¬ 
tinguishing the products of the labor of the members of 
this Union, shall consist of an imprint containing the 
words “Typographical Union Label,” together with the 
name of the city or town in which is located the local 
union using said label. Said label is, and shall be, 
imprinted from electrotype cuts, and, in so far as 
practicable, shall be of the following design: 



Sec. 2. This Union shall, through its principal offi¬ 
cers, cause said label, stamp or device to be registered in 
all states and territories and provinces where registra¬ 
tion is or may hereafter be authorized by law, and all 
registrations heretofore made of said label are hereby 
adopted and confirmed; and shall, through its principal 
officers, issue to local unions or subordinate bodies said 
label, stamp or device in such sizes as may be necessary 
and expedient. 

Sec. 3. No subordinate union or combination of sub¬ 
ordinate unions shall issue a label of different design 
than contained in Section i of this article, nor shall 
more than one design be used in any jurisdiction. 






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Article XVII.— Amendments. 

Section i. Amendments to this Constitution shall be 
submitted to the convention of the International Union, 
and such amendments as are favorably acted upon by 
said convention shall be referred to subordinate unions, 
and by the subordinate unions to the membership at 
large. Subordinate unions shall then discuss the pro¬ 
posed amendments, and at a date which shall be desig¬ 
nated by the Executive Council, but which must be. 
within three months from the adjournment of the con¬ 
vention, the proposed amendments shall be voted upon 
by the members of subordinate unions, and the vote in 
detail forwarded, under seal, to the Secretary-Treasurer 
of the International Typographical Union, within ten 
days after the date set by the Executive Council for the 
taking of said vote, when the International President 
and Secretary-Treasurer, and one member of the local 
union, who shall be selected by the President of this 
body, shall canvass the vote and declare the result to the 
craft, and should a majority of the votes cast be in 
favor of the amendment it shall go in effect on the date 
fixed in Section 4 of this article. 

Sec. 2. The convention of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union shall have power to enact .by-laws and 
general laws for the government of the craft, but all 
laws involving an increased taxation shall be submitted 
to a referendum vote. 

Sec. 3. Whenever one hundred subordinate unions 
shall petition the Executive Council for the submission 
of any proposition or amendment, the endorsements 
of such petition having been secured within three 
months, the proposition or amendment shall be sub¬ 
mitted to the membership* within three months of the 
receipt of the required number of petitions, and the 
vote taken and canvassed in the same manner as 
amendments and propositions referred to the member¬ 
ship by the convention of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union: Provided, The Executive Council 


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may submit to referendum vote propositions which re¬ 
quire immediate action without petition of one hun¬ 
dred local unions. All such propositions and amend¬ 
ments shall be published to the craft a reasonable time 
before the vote thereon. 

Sec. 4. All new laws and resolutions adopted by the 
membership of the International Typographical Union, 
unless otherwise provided, shall be in force and effect 
sixty days after the canvass of the vote on the same. 

Sec. 5. The By-Laws and General Laws adopted by 
the convention of the International Typographical 
Union shall go into effect at the same time as laws 
and amendments submitted to the membership by the 
same convention. 

Article XVIII.— Conflicts and Changes. 

Section i. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with 
this Constitution are hereby repealed or changed in 
accordance therewith, and the Secretary-Treasurer is 
hereby authorized to make necessary changes. 


BY-LAWS 


Article I. —Qualifications of Officers. 

Section i. The qualifications of candidates for office 
in the International Typographical Union shall be as 
follows: i. Membership in the International Union and 
in continuous good standing for at least one year, and 
freedom from delinquency of any nature to the Inter¬ 
national or subordinate unions. 2. Membership in a sub¬ 
ordinate union which has paid per capita tax and dis¬ 
charged all other financial obligations due this Interna¬ 
tional Union. 3. For Second Vice-President, member¬ 
ship in the German-American Typographia; for Third 
Vice-President, membership in a mailers’ union. 4. Can¬ 
didates for office in trade district unions who, bj' vir¬ 
tue of their office, become officers of the International 
Union, shall, in addition to the preceding qualifica¬ 
tions, be subject to the qualifications provided for in 
the laws of their respective trade district unions. 

Article II.—International Elections. 

Section 1 . Members of subordinate unions who 
desire to be candidates for office in the International 
Typographical Union shall announce such candidacy 
in the December and January issues of The Typo¬ 
graphical Journal preceding the date fixed by law for 
the making of nominations. Announcements shall not 
exceed in space four lines of six-point type the full 

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width of one column of The Typographical Journal, 
and shall contain the following: 

Name . 

Candidate for .. 

Member of .Union No. 

Continuous active member for .years 

These announcements shall be properly classified 
under the heading of “Candidates for International 
Offices” and shall be further classified under appro¬ 
priate sub-headings designating the office for which 
the member is a candidate, and this publication shall 
be an official notification to the officers and members 
of subordinate unions of the candidacy of such mem¬ 
bers for the office designated. 

Sec. 2. Subordinate unions may nominate at the 
regular meeting in February one candidate for each 
elective office. Nominations shall be made by ballot 
and the names of all members who have announced 
their candidacy as is provided in the preceding section 
shall appear thereon. Candidates for president, first 
vice-president and secretary-treasurer who receive a 
majority of the votes cast shall be recorded as having 
received the endorsement of the union. Candidates 
for other offices who receive the highest number of 
votes shall be recorded as having received the endorse¬ 
ment of the union. It shall be the duty of one of 
the secretaries of each subordinate union taking action 
to immediately notify the secretary-treasurer, who is 
directed to close nominations at 12 m. (noon) on 
March 8, those received after that time to be disre¬ 
garded; the secretary-treasurer shall publish in the 
April issue of The Typographical Journal a list of 
nominees and nominators, declaring the five candidates 
for each office who have been supported by the larg¬ 
est number of unions as nominees for the offices for 
which they were respectively named: Provided, That 
candidates for the offices of president and secretary- 
treasurer shall have at least fifty endorsers, and all 







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other candidates, except those for offices allotted to 
the allied crafts, shall have at least twenty endorsers. 
Candidates for offices allotted to the allied crafts shall 
have at least five endorsers. 

Sec. 3. Within twenty-four hours after closing of 
nominations, the Secretary-Treasurer shall mail notices 
of their nomination to all eligible candidates, and each 
candidate so notified shall, on or before 12 m. (noon) 
of March 25, inform said Secretary-Treasurer of his 
acceptance of the nomination. Each candidate shall also 
file with the Secretary-Treasurer a statement that he or 
she is eligible under the provisions of Section 1 , Arti¬ 
cle I, By-Laws, and said statement shall be attested by 
the president and secretary of the local union, with the 
seal of the union attached. On failure to comply with 
this law it shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer 
to strike the delinquent’s name from the list, inserting 
in lieu thereof the name of the next eligible candidate. 
He shall also forward with his acceptance of the 
nomination, if he desires to use the space allotted 
him, his letter for the April issue of The Typograph¬ 
ical Journal provided for in the following section. 

Sec. 4. Candidates who have received the requisite 
number of endorsements and who have filed their 
acceptance of the nomination for office sought shall 
be entitled to space in the April and May issues of 
The Typographical Journal for the publication of rea¬ 
sons and arguments in support of their candidacy, such 
matter to be personally prepared by the candidates, 
and no candidate shall issue, or sanction the issuance 
of, any other literature or printed matter in his be¬ 
half, unless signed by the candidate or three members 
in good standing of the International Typographical 
Union: Provided, That the letters of candidates for 
President and Secretary-Treasurer shall not exceed two 
thousand words each; letters from candidates for 
other offices shall not exceed five hundred words each. 
Provided, further, That the letters of all candidates 


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shall be subject to and governed by subsection (c), sec¬ 
tion 3, article iv, of the by-laws. It shall be the duty 
of the Secretary-Treasurer to properly arrange the let¬ 
ters of all candidates under a general heading of “Po¬ 
litical Section,” and to sub-classify them under appro¬ 
priate heading designating the office and the candidate 
in whose interest the publication is made. All such 
matter shall be set in type uniform in size and style 
with the general body type of The Typographical Jour¬ 
nal. The “Political Section” herein provided for shall 
appear in The Typographical Journal for the months 
of April and May preceding the election. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall, as soon as pos¬ 
sible after the foregoing provisions have been complied 
with, prepare and have printed the names of all candi¬ 
dates, arranged according to the number of nomina¬ 
tions received (when a tie occurs the name to be 
drawn by lot), together with the name and number 
of the union of which they are members; this ballot 
shall bear the official seal of this Union, and be so 
constructed that a voter can with ease designate his 
choice by making a cross (X) opposite the names of 
those for whom he wishes to record his vote; he shall 
supply subordinate unions, free of cost, with a sufficient 
quantity of such ballots before May 1. No ballots shall 
be used at such elections except those issued by the offi¬ 
cers of the International Union. 

Sec. 6. Elections shall be held on the fourth Wednes¬ 
day in May, subordinate unions to regulate the place 
and manner of voting: Provided, That members of 
local unions must personally cast their ballots. 

Sec. 7. The president and secretary of each subordi¬ 
nate union is hereby required, within forty-eight hours 
after close of the poll, to transmit to the Secretary- 
Treasurer a statement showing the number of votes cast 
for each and every candidate. Unattached members 
desiring to vote shall forward, in sealed envelops, their 
ballots to the International Typographical Union board 


22 


INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 


of electors, the same to be tabulated with the other 
returns. 

Sec. 8. These returns shall be carefully filed and pre¬ 
served by the Secretary-Treasurer, and at 12 m. (noon) 
on June 7, delivered to the board of electors, which 
shall be composed of the International President and 
Secretary-Treasurer and one member of the local union, 
who shall be selected by the president of this body, and 
said committee shall immediately proceed to canvass the 
returns and make a true and correct transcript thereof, 
which shall be published in conjunction with the next 
succeeding issue of The Typographical Journal: Pro¬ 
vided, Said committee shall r.ot count votes cast by 
unions that have not complied with the requirements of 
Sub-section 2 of Section 10 of this article: Provided 
further, That the vote of unions situated at such a 
distance from headquarters that the returns can not 
reach headquarters within the prescribed time, shall 
be counted if they are received before the canvass of 
the vote is completed. The board of electors shall make 
a distinct announcement of the successful candidates, 
who shall assume office on November 1 succeeding the 
election. 

Sec. 9. With the exception of the offices of President 
and Secretary-Treasurer, those nominees having the 
highest number of votes on the first ballot shall be de¬ 
clared elected to the positions for which they were can¬ 
didates; in the case of the above-mentioned officers a 
majority of votes shall be necessary to elect, and if on 
the first ballot no candidate for President or Secretary- 
Treasurer has received a majority of all votes cast, or 
there shall be an equal number of votes cast for the 
two highest candidates for any other office, the board 
of electors shall direct the Secretary-Treasurer to issue 
ballots containing the names of the two candidates who 
received the greatest number of votes (or those who 
may have been tied), and subordinate unions shall hold 
an election within forty days after such date, the elec- 


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tion and certification of result to be *n all possible re¬ 
spects similar to those which obtained in conducting 
the initial election. 

Sec. 10. The selection of Second Vice-President shall 
be conducted in accordance with the spirit of the agree¬ 
ment between this organization and the German-Ameri- 
can Typographia, which was adopted by popular vote 
in 1893. The selection of Vice-Presidents allotted to 
branches of the craft organized into trade district unions 
shall be conducted in accordance with the laws of the 
respective trade district unions with which they are con¬ 
nected. Unions competent to nominate candidates for 
Vice-Presidents allotted to branches of the trade not or¬ 
ganized into trade district unions shall be restricted to 
those composed of members engaged at the respective 
trades. 

Sec. 11. Every member of the International Union 
shall be entitled to a vote for all officers, except as other¬ 
wise provided. 

Sec. 12. The qualifications of voters shall be: (1) 
Possession of a current working card, and freedom from 
delinquency of any nature to the International or sub¬ 
ordinate unions; (2) Membership in a subordinate union 
which has paid per capita tax up to and for the month 
of April, and discharged all other financial obligations 
due this International Union on the date of election. 
(3) Members working in localities in which no local 
union exists, and who are in no way indebted to the 
International Typographical Union, shall have the 
same rights as other members on all matters sub¬ 
mitted to the referendum. The Secretary-Treasurer 
shall see that such members are given the opportunity 
to exercise this right. 

Sec. 13. Members shall be allowed to vote but once 
at an election of International officials: Provided, That 
if those charged with the conduct of the election by a 
subordinate union, or any of them, have reason to be¬ 
lieve that a member has voted under the jurisdiction of 


24 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

a sister union, or any member challenges his right to 
vote on account of his having exercised that right previ¬ 
ously, he shall be permitted to vote on signing the fol¬ 
lowing: “I hereby declare on my honor that I have 
not voted for International officers at this election, and 
I make this declaration with a full knowledge of the 
fact that misrepresentation renders me liable to dis¬ 
cipline.” 

Sec. 14. Any member proven guilty of misrepresent¬ 
ing returns, altering, mutilating or destroying deposited 
ballots, or voting wrongfully or illegally, shall be pun¬ 
ished as the local union may determine, but in no case 
shall the penalty be less than a fine of $10. It is further 
provided that for the purposes of preserving the integ¬ 
rity of this law, the Executive Council, all other laws or 
parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding, is em¬ 
powered to proceed against the alleged offender, and 
mete out such punishment as in the opinion of said 
council is just and equitable. 

Sec. 15. Any subordinate union refusing or neglect¬ 
ing to hold an election as required by this law shall be 
disciplined as the Executive Council may direct. 

Article III.— Delegates and Alternates. 

Section i. No member of a subordinate union shall 
be eligible to election as a delegate to the International 
convention unless he or she shall have been a resident 
member of and in good standing in such subordinate 
union at least six months immediately preceding the 
date on which said election is held, but this shall not 
apply to the delegate or delegates of a union organized 
within a less period than six months. 

Sec. 2. The election of delegates and alternates to the 
Internationa! Union convention shall be held on the 
fourth Wednesday in May preceding the meeting of 
the convention. In cases where a tie vote for dele¬ 
gates or alternates is declared another election shall 
be immediately ordered by the local officers. 


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Sec. 3. The number of delegates to which a union 
shall be entitled must be determined by the average 
membership on which it paid per capita tax during the 
twelve months immediately preceding the issuance of 
the call. 

Sec. 4. At the same time delegates to the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union convention are elected, 
subordinate unions should elect the same number of 
alternates, who, in case of death or inability of said 
delegates to act, shall be entitled to the full power 
and privileges accorded delegates. 

Sec. 5. The delegates chosen to attend the conven¬ 
tions of this Union shall hold office until the election 
of their successors, and in case of vacancies subordi¬ 
nate unions are authorized to at once proceed to elect 
a delegate or delegates as successor or successors. 
Each delegate must be furnished (for presentation to 
this Union) with a certificate of election, duly authen¬ 
ticated by the seal of his subordinate union, according 
to the following form, viz.: 

To the International Typographical Union of North 

America: 

We hereby certify that. being qualified 

as required by Section 1, Article III, of the Interna¬ 
tional By-Laws, was legally elected delegate from this 
Union to the International Typographical Union con¬ 
vention, on the day of , 19 -, his term of 

office to begin on the first day of the next convention 
of the said Union to be held at 

Given under our hands and seal of the . Union 

No .. this... .day of...., A. D. 19.. 

[seal.] . President. 

. Secretary. 

. Delegate’s Signature. 

Sec. 6. Returns (under seal) of such delegates-elect 
and alternates must be mailed to the Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer within forty-eight hours after the election. 








26 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

Sec. 7 . The expenses of said delegates to the con* 
vention of this Union shall be defrayed by the subor¬ 
dinate unions they respectively represent. 

Sec. 8. The Secretary-Treasurer, before the meeting 
of the International convention, shall prepare a roll 
of the delegates-elect, and place thereon the names 
of those persons, and such persons only, as shall be 
shown to have been elected in accordance with the laws 
of the International Union and of subordinate unions, 
as certified by secretaries of subordinate unions. In 
cases of contests, the names of the parties claiming elec¬ 
tion shall be submitted to the International convention 
for decision. Where unions have not complied with the 
laws of the International Union, the names of delegates 
from such unions shall also be submitted. 

Sec. 9. No delegate shall be entitled to vote in the 
convention of the International Union whose union has 
not previously paid over to the proper officers of the 
International Typographical Union the per capita tax 
and all indebtedness of his union. 

Sec. 10. Delegates of subordinate unions to the con¬ 
ventions of the International Typographical Union may 
be instructed as to how to act on propositions to come 
before said conventions only as herein set forth, and 
in the following manner: (1) Propositions that are to* 
come before conventions of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, on which it is desired to have the 
delegates of a local union instructed, may be voted 
upon on the same day, and at the same time that the 
delegates are being voted for, provided that a full and 
complete copy of the said propositions are furnished 
the membership at least five days before the election, 
and further, that the instructions be printed on a sepa¬ 
rate ballot. (2) Propositions that are to come before 
* conventions of the International Typographical Union, 
on which it is desired to have the delegates of a local' 
union instructed, - can also be presented at the June 
meeting of the union preceding the convention, but 


BY-LAWS. 


27 


must be sent to the referendum vote, and said refer¬ 
endum election must be held during the month of 
July; and it is further provided that a full and com¬ 
plete copy of the said propositions must be furnished 
the membership at least five days before the referen¬ 
dum vote is taken. 

Sec. 11. No member of a subordinate union shall be 
allowed to vote for delegates to the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union convention unless his or her card 
shall have been deposited with the secretary fifteen 
days preceding said election. 

Sec. 12. The president of each trade district union, 
when not a delegate to the convention of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, shall be accorded the privi¬ 
lege of the floor. 

Article IV. —Duties of Officers. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Section i. The President shall attend and preside at 
all conventions of the International T ypographical Union 
during his term of office; he shall have the casting vote 
whenever there shall be an equal division on any ques¬ 
tion, except where he shall have voted on the call of 
the yeas and nays; he shall require a faithful perform¬ 
ance of duties on the part of all officers and a strict 
and businesslike manner of keeping all accounts, pay¬ 
ing out money, and conducting correspondence; he 
shall see that all moneys belonging to the International 
Union are properly deposited in responsible banks, in 
the name of the President and Secretary-Treasurer as 
such, and money shall be drawn from such banks only 
by check signed by the President and Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer, and only then when both officers are fully satis¬ 
fied that such money is lawfully and justly due the per¬ 
son or persons for whose benefit the check is drawn; 
he shall, with the approval of the Executive Council, ap¬ 
point all necessary representatives, shall oversee and 
direct the operations of representatives, and shall, 


28 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

when necessary, visit such place or places as may re¬ 
quire his presence or personal attention; he shall, be¬ 
fore accepting the official bond of any officer, be satis¬ 
fied that such bond is valid and in proper form, and 
for that purpose he is empowered and instructed to take 
competent legal advice upon the matter; he shall, in 
case of the mismanagement or misappropriation of any 
funds of this union by any official charged with the 
custody, collection and disbursement thereof, at once 
proceed to collect the same from the official in de¬ 
fault, or, in the event of the failure of such official to 
make good such deficiency, institute legal proceedings 
against such defaulting officer and his sureties. Should 
inaccuracies appear in the report of the auditing com¬ 
mittee of a local union he shall appoint an expert ac¬ 
countant to examine the books of said union, and this 
expert accountant shall be furnished with credentials 
which shall entitle the holder to access to all the finan¬ 
cial books and records of the subordinate union in¬ 
volved. He shall report the findings of said expert to 
the president of the local union, who shall proceed as 
set forth in the general laws. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Sec. 2. The Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties 
set forth in the Constitution and as may be required by 
law or direction of the Executive Council. 

secretary-treasurer. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary-Treasurer shall act as the 
financial officer of the International Typographical 
Union and as secretary of the conventions of this 
Union. 

(a) Conventions. —He shall have the reports of the 
officers of the International Typographical Union 
printed in pamphlet form, and a copy of such reports 
shall be mailed to every delegate-elect as soon as pos¬ 
sible previous to the assembling of the convention; he 
shall publish in the August number of The Typograph- 


BY-LAWS. 


29 


ical Journal, as a part of the regular edition, the an¬ 
nual reports of the officers; he shall furnish each sub¬ 
ordinate union, prior to the election of delegates, with 
two (or more where needed) copies of blank delegate 
certificates of election; he shall make a just, true and 
complete record of each and every day’s proceedings, 
to be printed and laid on the desks of delegates each 
morning during the sessions of the convention; he shall, 
immediately after the final adjournment, cause the same 
to be made up in the form of The Typographical Jour¬ 
nal, and published with a regular edition of that paper at 
as early a date as possible; he shall, in connection with 
the President, compile and publish in uniform size, 
within sixty days following the canvass of the vote on 
amendments submitted t-o the membership after each 
convention, a Book of Laws, containing the Constitu¬ 
tion, By-Laws, General Laws and Convention Laws of 
the International Typographical Union, also the Con¬ 
stitution, By-Laws and Rules of Government of the 
Union Printers Home, and distribute copies thereof to 
local unions in sufficient numbers to supply their full 
membership. 

(&) Fluids .—He shall procure interest whenever 
possible on all funds deposited by him on the direc¬ 
tion of the Executive Council, and cover the same 
into the treasury of the International Union; he shall 
have the custody of all bonds, to secure the deposit of 
the funds of the International Union; he shall draw 
moneys from bank only by check signed by the Presi¬ 
dent and himself; he shall require all bills against the 
International Union to be itemized, and shall only pay 
such bills as are in accordance with the order of the In¬ 
ternational Union direct, or its laws, and after approval 
by the president; he shall have the books of deposit 
with all banks balanced at the end of each calendar 
month; he shall submit all his books and accounts to 
the expert accountants twice a year; he shall send all 
receipts for money received from financial officers of 


30 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

subordinate unions to the disbursing officers of said 
unions, acknowledging, by postal or otherwise, the re¬ 
ceipt thereof to presidents of such subordinate unions, 
stating what month the payment is for, the amount and 
by whom sent; he shall at least once each month trans¬ 
fer and pay over all moneys by him held to the credit 
of the Union Printers Home fund, to the secretary- 
treasurer of the Union Printers Home corporation, 
and shall take his receipt therefor; he is authorized 
to pay the assessments of the American Federation of 
Labor as they fall due; he is authorized to pay to 
the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress a per capita 
tax of \y 2 cents monthly on all members of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union in good standing in 
the Dominion of Canada; he shall keep a file of the 
bonds of the fiduciary officers of subordinate unions 
and notify the presidents and secretaries of such 
unions that said bonds are about to expire thirty days 
previous to such expirations. 

(c) The Typographical Journal .—He shall publish in 
The Typographical Journal: A sworn statement of the 
balances of his bank books of deposit monthly; a full 
monthly statement of receipts and disbursements of all 
kinds; on or before the first of each month a list of 
arrearages of subordinate unions, and if said arrearages 
are not paid within thirty days thereafter the presidents 
of all such unions shall then be officially notified; he 
shall exclude from the columns of The Journal all 
communications or other matter impugning the mo¬ 
tives or reflecting upon the honesty of members of 
this Union. 

( d ) Supplies .—He shall furnish subordinate unions 
with bound copies of the Union Traveling Card, 
in books of 25, 50 or 100 cards, as may be desired, at 
the rate of $3 per hundred, upon application; blank 
books for traveling cards received and issued, and blank 
applications for the mortuary benefit; he shall prepare 
a “charter outfit,” to include books, blanks and seal, 


BY-LAWS. 31 

and a form of “Petition for Charter,” and no charter 
shall be granted unless presented on this form. 

( e ) Miscellaneous .—He shall conduct all his busi¬ 
ness, correspondence, etc., in a prompt and systematic 
manner, keeping files, etc., of all documents, and copies 
of all correspondence; he shall have power to procure 
all necessary printing required by the officers in con¬ 
ducting the official correspondence and other business 
of the Union, and shall employ such assistants as shall 
be deemed necessary by the Executive Council. 

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 

Sec. 4. The Executive Council shall assemble at such 
city as the President shall direct, at the call of the Pres¬ 
ident, for the consideration of business stated in the 
call. It shall decide all questions arising between sub¬ 
ordinate unions and all appeals from the decisions of 
subordinate unions, and all such decisions shall be 
final, subject to appeal to the International Union. It 
shall have such further powers and perform such other 
duties as may be set forth in the laws of this Unior 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of each representative to 
correspond with or visit such towns or places where no 
union exists and there are printers or allied craftsmen 
at work, as the President may direct, with a view to 
encouraging them to embrace unionism. He shall ex¬ 
amine the books and business methods of such unions 
as he may visit, and shall recommend to said unions 
any changes that will tend to safeguard the finances or 
facilitate the business of the unions: Provided, how¬ 
ever, That no International representative shall take 
charge of the affairs of a local union until so re¬ 
quested by said subordinate union. 

Article V.— Revenue and Funds. 

Section i. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare and 
sell to subordinate unions, through the proper officers, at 


32 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

a face value equal to the monthly per capita tax of the 
International Typographical Union, adhesive stamps, 
and working cards with stamps of equal value printed 
thereon, to be known as International due stamps and 
working cards. 

Sec. 2. Any member who shall counterfeit or imitate 
the International due stamp or working card, or know¬ 
ingly use such imitations or counterfeits, shall be fined 
not less than $50, or be expelled from this Union, as 
the circumstances may warrant, after trial has been ac¬ 
corded the accused. 

Sec. 3. The Executive Council shall take imme¬ 
diate steps to secure the funds of the International 
Typographical Union in excess of $50,000 (the 
amount of the bond of the Secretary-Treasurer), by 
investing such excess in bonds of the United States, 
or in approved, non-taxable state, county, township, 
city or school bonds, the said investments to be made 
by the President and Secretary-Treasurer under the 
order of and with the approval of the Executive Coun¬ 
cil: Provided, That if the Executive Council deems 
advisable, it may order the President and Secretary- 
Treasurer to deposit the funds of the International 
Typographical Union in any reputable bank or banks 
to be selected by the Executive Council, and accept 
as security for such deposits bonds from any approved 
surety company of good reputation, and such deposit 
bonds shall be made payable to the President and Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer and their successors as trustees for 
the International Typographical Union and its mem¬ 
bers, and for any breach of said bonds the President 
and Secretary-Treasurer and their successors shall be 
authorized in their name as such President and Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer as trustees for the International Ty¬ 
pographical Union and its members to bring suit 
against any defaulting bank and its surety or sureties. 

Sec. 4. The moneys of this union used for de¬ 
fensive purposes shall be drawn on only for the fol- 


BY-LAWS. 


33 


lowing objects: For the sustaining of legal strikes or 
lockouts of subordinate or affiliated unions; for the 
payment of expenses of officers or representatives of 
this union when engaged in the settlement of disputes 
or the formation of new unions, and . for such other 
purposes, relating strictly to the business of this Inter¬ 
national Union, as the Executive Council may deem 
wise or necessary. 

Sec. 5. Whenever a union which has complied with 
all laws shall have within its jurisdiction a lockout, 
strike or other trouble of like nature, it shall be enti¬ 
tled to such assistance as the Executive Council shall 
deem necessary, or as shall be directed by the Inter¬ 
national Union laws to meet such cases. 

OLD AGE PENSION FUND. 

Sec. 6. Any member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union who has reached the age of 60 years, 
and who has been in good standing for a period of 
twenty years, including and antedating the enactment 
of the pension law, or any member who has reached 
the age of 70 years, and who has been in continuous 
good standing for a period of ten years, and who finds 
it impossible to secure sustaining employment, or any 
member having a continuous membership of twenty 
years who, by reason of his affliction, is totally in¬ 
capacitated for work, and whose application for admis¬ 
sion to the Union Printers Home has been rejected by 
the trustees thereof, may receive the sum of $5 per 
week, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth. 

Sec. 7. Applications for pensions shall be made on 
blank forms prepared and furnished from Interna¬ 
tional headquarters, which shall require answers to 
all questions, and the setting forth in full of all facts 
required to establish the right of the applicant to the 
benefits of the pension. Such blank shall also in¬ 
clude a form of certificate that the application has 
been read in full at a regular meeting of the local 


34 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

union of which the applicant is a member, and has 
been approved by a majority vote of those in attend¬ 
ance upon such meeting. Said application shall be 
published in The Typographical Journal, and should 
no objection be made within thirty days from the 
date of said publication the member shall then be 
placed on the pension roll. Should objection be raised, 
the case shall be investigated by the Executive Coun¬ 
cil and the council shall act thereon in such manner 
as in its judgment seems proper. 

Sec. 8. Any member earning more than two days’ 
pay in any one week at the printing trade at the scale 
of the union with which he is affiliated shall not be 
entitled to the pension for that week. 

Sec. 9. Any resident member of the Union Printers 
Home at Colorado Springs who is expelled from said 
Home shall not be eligible to the old age pension until 
one year after such expulsion. 

Sec. 10. Secretaries of subordinate unions shall for¬ 
ward weekly to the International Secretary-Treasurer a 
true and correct list of applicants entitled to pensions. 
On receipt of such list the International Secretary- 
Treasurer shall transmit the amount due to the local 
secretary for distribution. 

Sec. 11. Any beneficiary who has knowingly testified 
falsely concerning his or her qualifications as a worthy 
applicant for said pension shall be debarred from re¬ 
ceiving pension for such time as the Executive Coun¬ 
cil may deem fit. 

Sec. 12. The Executive Council shall have the power 
at all times to review any pension case, and if in its 
opinion circumstances warrant it the beneficiary may 
be debarred from further participation in the pension 
fund. 

Sec. 13. In order to meet exigencies that may arise, 
the Executive Council is authorized a*id empowered to 
make such changes in administering the old age pension 


BY-LAWS. 35 

fund as it may deem wise after said plan has been 
established. 

Sec. 14. Any member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union in good standing at time of enlisting 
in the regular or volunteer army or navy of the 
United States during the Spanish-American war shall 
be considered as having been a continuous contrib¬ 
uting member during such enlistment, providing he re¬ 
established membership as soon as possible after his 
discharge from said war. 

MORTUARY BENEFITS. 

Sec. 15. On the death of a member in good stand¬ 
ing in a subordinate union, the president and secre¬ 
tary thereof shall immediately notify the Secretary- 
Treasurer of the International Typographical Union, 
on a form provided for that purpose, accompanying 
such notification with the last working card or travel¬ 
ing card of the deceased member, and such bills in pay¬ 
ment of burial expenses of the deceased member as 
have been guaranteed by the subordinate union. The 
Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typographical 
Union, as soon as practicable after such notification, 
shall transmit to the president and secretary of such 
subordinate union the amount of mortuary benefit to 
which the beneficiary of the deceased member is en¬ 
titled, less the amount for bills guaranteed by the local 
officers, which shall be paid by separate check. 

Sec. 16. No mortuary benefit claim shall be allowed 
unless the deceased was possessed of a current work¬ 
ing card at the time of death, nor shall a mortuary 
benefit claim be allowed if, at the time of death, the 
union of which deceased was a member was in arrears 
for per capita tax to the International Typographical 
Union. 

Sec. 17. In case of the decease of a member hold¬ 
ing a traveling card, the president and secretary of 
the nearest union shall act in the premises. 

Sec. 18. In the event that no beneficiary is named 


36 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

as the person to whom the mortuary benefit shall be 
paid, or if such beneficiary resides at a point where he 
or she can not take charge of the funeral, the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union shall defray the expenses 
of the funeral out of the sum to which the heirs of 
the deceased member shall be entitled; and if no claim 
shall be presented to the International Typographical 
Union within six months, any remainder shall revert 
to the mortuary benefit fund of the International Ty¬ 
pographical Union. 

Sec. 19. The classification of members for the 
purpose of this fund shall be made according to their 
length of membership on the 1st of January, 1912. 

Sec. 20. Any person who joins the International 
Typographical Union subsequent to January 1, 1912, 
after having reached the age of 50 years, shall not be 
entitled to any greater mortuary benefit than $75, and 
any member who has been suspended from member¬ 
ship and subsequently reinstated in accordance with 
the laws of the International Typographical Union,, 
shall not be entitled to any benefit if death occurs 
within three months after such reinstatement. 

AUDITING ACCOUNTS. 

Sec. 21. The President shall cause the books and ac¬ 
counts of the Secretary-Treasurer and the officers of the 
Home corporation to be audited twice a year, as follows: 
All accounts for the six months ending July 31, within 
fifteen days after that date; and for same period end¬ 
ing January 31, within fifteen days after that date. For 
this purpose he shall appoint expert accountants who* 
shall make a thorough examination and shall submit a 
report to the President, who shall cause its publication 
in The Typographical Journal. 

Sec. 22. If said report should show any errors of im¬ 
portance, or defalcation, or misappropriation of funds 
of the Secretary-Treasurer or of any officer of the 
Union Printers Home corporation, it shall be the duty 


BY-LAWS. 


37 


of the President, with the consent of the Executive 
Council, to suspend such officer or officers; and he shall 
proceed at once legally to secure the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union from loss, and in accordance with the 
bond or bonds of said officer or officers. 

FISCAL YEAR. 

Sec. 2 3. The fiscal year of this union shall com¬ 
mence on the first day of June, and end on the 31st 
day of May in each year. 

Article VI.—Appeals and Impeachment. 

Section i. In no case shall a member appeal to 
civil courts for redress until he has exhausted his 
rights of appeal under the laws of the International 
Typographical Union. 

Sec. 2. Any member of a subordinate union feel¬ 
ing that injustice has been done him by his union, 
or any candidate for admission whose application has 
been rejected, may appeal his case in accordance with 
constitutional provisions. Notice of intention to ap¬ 
peal shall be filed with the president of the subordi¬ 
nate union to which he belongs within five days of the 
action complained of, and appellant shall serve copies 
of all testimony and argument upon said official with¬ 
in thirty days after the action complained of was taken, 
and respondent shall reply thereto within a like period. 
The counter replies shall be forwarded in an additional 
ten days—five days to each party to the appeal. The 
president of this union may grant a further extension 
to either party if, in his opinion, the ends of justice 
will be subserved thereby. 

Sec. 3. All parties to an appeal, in cases where doc¬ 
uments are to be submitted, are required to make af¬ 
firmation as to the truth of their statements. The 
written signatures of the parties in interest shall be 
considered as such affirmation. 

Sec. 4. In cases of appeal against the action of a 


38 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

subordinate union, its decision must be complied with 
in the interim: Provided, That should a verdict of 
censure, reprimand, suspension or expulsion be adopted, 
it shall not be enforced against the convicted prior to 
the decision of an appeal, in case such an appeal be 
taken, except in cases of deliberate “ratting;” and in 
all cases involving a demand for dues and assessments, 
or other moneys, the amount in dispute must be placed 
in the hands of the president of the subordinate union, 
to be held by him until the appeal has been finally de¬ 
cided. 

Sec. 5. Either party to an appeal from a decision 
of a subordinate union may appeal from the decision 
of the executive council thereon to the next convention 
of the International Typographical Union, and any 
subordinate union may appeal from a decision or ac¬ 
tion of the executive council affecting such subordinate 
union as such to the next convention of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union. The party or union taking 
such appeal shall give the Secretary-Treasurer notice of 
such appeal within thirty days after the rendition of 
the decision from which such appeal is taken, and no 
appeal from any such decision or action of the Execu¬ 
tive Council shall be considered at the succeeding con¬ 
vention unless notice of such appeal has been given to 
the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first day of Au¬ 
gust preceding such convention. All appeals to the 
convention shall be in printed form and shall contain 
in full all the papers, documents and evidence upon 
which the decision or action of the Executive Council 
was based, together with such decision. The appellant 
in all such appeals shall furnish to the Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer on or before the first day of the convention at 
which such appeal is to be considered a sufficient num¬ 
ber of copies of his or its appeal to supply each dele¬ 
gate in attendance at the convention with one copy 
thereof. In cases of appeal by a subordinate union 
from a decision or action of the Executive Council 


BY-LAWS. 


39 


affecting such union as such, the decision or action of 
the Executive Council shall be complied with by such 
subordinate union until the decision or action of the 
Executive Council shall have been reversed by the suc¬ 
ceeding convention of the International Typographical 
Union, and if not so reversed, such decision or action 
of the Executive Council shall be final. 

Sec. 6. In the event of the suspension of any Inter¬ 
national officer from his official position by the Presi¬ 
dent, he shall furnish the officer so suspended with a 
detailed statement of his reasons for such suspension, 
and shall also forward to the First Vice-President a 
similar detailed statement; the First Vice-President 
shall thereupon appoint a committee of five presidents 
of local unions to try such suspended official upon the 
charges presented by the President, and the finding of 
the majority of said committee shall be the judgment 
of this union, subject to appeal to the convention. 

Sec. 7. Any member of the Union Printers Home 
corporation may be impeached for ineligibility or for the 
commission of an indictable offense, or for violation or 
wilful disregard of his duties of membership. When 
charges, based upon any one or more of the above enu¬ 
merated grounds, have been made to the Executive 
Council against any member of the corporation, and, 
after trial, have been proven, the Executive Council 
shall thereupon enter an order of impeachment, which 
shall be deemed an order of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, and the Executive Council shall forth¬ 
with thereafter certify such order to the Secretary of 
the Union Printers Home corporation, who shall take 
such steps as may be proper under the By-Laws of that 
corporation to procure tiie resignation of the member so 
impeached; but if the member so impeached shall, upon 
being so requested, fail or refuse to resign, the Secre¬ 
tary shall thereupon take such further action in the 
premises as may be proper under the By-Laws of that 
corporation to enforce the expulsion of the member so 


40 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

impeached. A certificate of impeachment from the Ex¬ 
ecutive Council shall be conclusive upon the person 
named therein as to his ineligibility to membership in 
the corporation: Provided, Nothing herein contained 
shall restrict the right or power of the corporation of 
the Union Printers Home to expel any member, on 
proper procedure, without the intervention of the Ex¬ 
ecutive Council. 

Article VII.— Typographical Journal. 

Section i. The Typographical Journal shall be pub¬ 
lished once a month and shall contain, in addition to the 
reports and other matter required by law to be pub¬ 
lished, the reports of the International and Home 
audits; official orders; charters granted; charters sus¬ 
pended, and the causes; a list of name and addresses 
of corresponding or financial secretaries of subordinate 
unions; state of trade; advertisements meeting the ap¬ 
proval of the Executive Council; all reports (including 
detailed statement of expenditures) and proceedings of 
the officers and members of the corporation of the 
Union Printers Home; and such other matters as may 
be of interest and importance to the craft generally. 

Sec. 2. Such unions as desire to publish a list of the 
names of their officers shall be charged therefor at the 
rate of $i per line per year. 

Sec. 3. The subscription rate of The Journal shall be 
60 cents per annum, payable with dues, as provided in 
Article IX of the Constitution. To apprentices regis¬ 
tered with local unions the rate shall be 60 cents per 
annum, payable in advance. To non-members the rate 
shall be $1 per annum, postage in addition to foreign 
subscribers. The price for single copies shall be 10 
cents each. 

Article VIII.— The Union Printers Home. 

Section i. This Union hereby ratifies the action of . 
Edward T. Plank, William S. McClevey and Columbus 


BY-LAWS. 


41 


Hall, as its Trustees, in conveying the Home at Colo¬ 
rado Springs, in Colorado, to the Union Printers Home 
corporation as trustee, for the uses and purposes, and 
upon the trust declared and the terms and conditions 
stated in the deed by said grantors to said grantees 
dated the 17th day of May, 1892. 

Sec. 2. Any member in good standing of any subor¬ 
dinate union shall be deemed a member of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union for the purposes of admis¬ 
sion. as an inmate to the Home at Colorado Springs, 
Colorado, and of participation in the bounty. 

Sec. 3. No person shall be deemed a member in good 
standing of the International Typographical Union who 
shall wilfully neglect, disregard or violate any resolu¬ 
tion, order, by-law, or duty prescribed by said Union of 
and concerning the management and control of the 
Home at Colorado Springs, or of the trust upon which 
said Home is held by the Union Printers Home corpo¬ 
ration. 

Sec. 4. A full and complete, true and accurate report 
should be submitted to each convention of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union by the Board of Trustees of 
the Union Printers Home, showing its transactions 
and containing such recommendations as may be useful 
to the Union in furthering the interests of the Home. 

Sec. 5. At all times the articles of incorporation of 
the Board of Trustees of the Union Printers Home, 
and the Constitution and By-Laws thereof, shall be 
further amended in such manner and to such effect as 
the International Typographical Union may direct. 


GENERAL LAWS 


JURISDICTION AND CHARTERS. 

Section i. The jurisdiction of printers’ unions 
chartered by the International Typographical Union of 
North America shall cover only the corporate limits of 
the city or town named in the charter, but any sub¬ 
ordinate union may consider a place within a radius of 
fifty miles of its location, in which place no union 
exists, as within its jurisdiction for the purpose of 
admitting non-unionists in such place to its member¬ 
ship. 

Sec. 2. The Executive Council of the International 
Typographical Union shall have power to extend the 
jurisdiction of subordinate unions to adjoining cities 
and towns where no unions exist, and which are not 
included in the corporate limits of the petitioning 
union, for the purpose of enforcing the laws of the 
International and subordinate unions: Provided, That 
the petitioning union makes satisfactory showing of 
its ability to properly supervise the additional terri¬ 
tory, and enforce its scale and rules in the offices op¬ 
erating therein. 

Sec. 3. A subordinate union has no control over men 
regularly enlisted in the army or navy of the United 
States or British Provinces who may be detailed in 
the signal service or to work at the business at military 
headquarters or posts. 

Sec. 4. Each person signing an application for a 
charter shall pay the sum of five ($5) dollars, $2 of 
which shall be transmitted to the Secretary-Treasurer 

(42) 



GENERAL LAWS. 


43 


of the International Typographical Union in payment 
for the charter and outfit provided for in subsection d 
of section 3, article iv, by-laws. 

Sec. 5. Charters shall contain as the official designa¬ 
tion of the union the name of the city or town in which 
it is located and none other. 

Sec. 6. Where a city is absorbed in the corporation 
of another, and a union exists in both, the smaller 
union shall be merged into the larger. 

Sec. 7. A subordinate union has not the right to 
erase the names of charter members (who may have 
ceased to be union members from any cause) from 
their charters and substitute others in their places. 
The charters (as to names) must remain as issued by 
the International Union. This shall not operate to 
prevent a union attaching to such charter, on a sepa¬ 
rate sheet, a sketch of the delinquency or degeneracy 
of any party whose name appeared thereon as a char¬ 
ter member. 

Sec. 8. It is competent for a subordinate union to 
take a charter from any state within which it may be lo¬ 
cated, in order to protect itself in the possession of prop¬ 
erty and other legal rights, but the charter of the Inter¬ 
national Union is supreme, and governs in all craft 
matters where it does not conflict with the laws of the 
state or nation. 

Sec. 9. A majority of a union can not by vote sur¬ 
render its charter. Charters may be granted to ten ap¬ 
plicants, and a union can not be dissolved while there 
are that number of members in good standing desirous 
of retaining the charter. 

DUTIES OF SUBORDINATE UNIONS AND OFFICERS. 

Sec. 10. Subordinate unions are required to elect 
three auditors, or select an expert accountant or ac¬ 
countants, whose duty it shall be to examine all the 
books and records of their financial officers for the 
three months ending July 31, October 31, January 31 


44 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

and April 30, and report to the Secretary-Treasurer of 
the International Typographical Union within fifteen 
(15) days thereafter the condition of the funds and 
accounts, the number of members in good standing, 
number initiated, expelled or suspended, admitted or 
withdrawn by card for each month, the amount of the 
fiduciary officers’ bond and the company in which they 
are bonded, the amounts expended in sick relief, 

funeral benefits, or in any form of charity, to¬ 
gether with such other information as the Execu¬ 
tive Council may deem necessary. A majority of 

the auditors, or the expert accountant or accountants, 
must be present at the examination of the accounts, 
and no member of the committee, and no accountant, 
shall attach his or her signature to a report unless such 
member or accountant shall have personally partici¬ 
pated in such examination. Should inaccuracies appear 
in the report of an auditing committee, the President 
of the International Typographical Union shall appoint 
an expert accountant to examine the books of the union 
in which such inaccuracies are noted, who shall report 
his findings to the President of the International Ty¬ 
pographical Union, he in turn to file the same with the 
president of the union concerned, who, in event of wil¬ 
ful falsification by said auditing committee, shall sus¬ 
pend such committee from office, together with the de¬ 
linquent financial officer or officers, and impose upon 
each of them a fine of $10, which fine shall be forwarded 
to the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. In the event of the suspension of 
an auditing committee, an election of their successors 
shall be held within one month from the date of such 
suspension, or expert accountants shall be appointed. 
Expenses of examination of books and records shall be 
borne entirely by the subordinate unions. Subordinate 
unions failing to report to the Secretary-Treasurer of 
the International Typographical Union, as required by 
this section, shall be fined $25. 


GENERAL LAWS. 


45 


Sec. ii. Secretaries of subordinate unions are re¬ 
quired to file with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union, on or before Decem¬ 
ber i of each year, upon blanks furnished by said 
officer, a detailed statement of population, scales of 
prices, hours of labor, etc., of their city and trade. It 
shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to codify 
such statistics in such manner as will grade the cities 
or towns according to their size and population, and 
to print in pamphlet form such number of copies a3 
may be necessary to meet the requirements of the In¬ 
ternational and local unions. 

Sec. 12. Subordinate unions must furnish satis- 
tics annually to the Executive Council, setting forth the 
number of union and non-union men, women and ap¬ 
prentices in their localities, with such recommendations 
and suggestions as they think will best advance the 
cause of unionism in their various localities, printed 
blanks for the same to be furnished by the International 
Typographical Union. 

Sec. 13. Subordinate unions shall fix a time and 
date for regular monthly meetings that will permit 
members holding situations on seven-day newspapers 
to attend these meetings. 

Sec. 14. Subordinate unions shall create a standing 
label committee, whose duty it shall be, in co-operation 
with the International President, to encourage, by 
systematic campaign, the use of the allied printing 
trades council label, or the typographical label, on all 
printed matter. It shall be the duty of such label 
committee, immediately upon organization, to forward 
to the president of the International Typographical 
Union the name and address of the secretary of said 
committee. 

Sec. 15. Subordinate unions, through the proper offi¬ 
cers, shall purchase monthly the International due 
stamps or stamped working cards in sufficient quanti- 


46 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

ties to permit the issuance of either a stamp or stamped 
working card to each member of the local union. 

Sec. 16. Every subordinate union in the jurisdic¬ 
tion of the International Typographical Union shall 
cause its fiduciary officers to be bonded in an adequate 
sum in some reputable' surety company, and such 
bonds shall be filed with the Secretary-Treasurer of 
the International Typographical Union. Any local 
union failing to comply with the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $25, 
at the discretion of the Executive Council. 

Sec. 17. Returns of per capita tax from subordinate 
unions shall be made monthly, under seal, to the Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer of the International Typographical 
Union. These returns shall state the number of mem¬ 
bers of the union and the amount so forwarded. 

Sec. 18. It is enjoined upon each subordinate union 
to have a suitable seal engraved, to authenticate all doc¬ 
uments. 

Sec. 19. An appeal for financial aid from a local 
union to subordinate unions to be legal must bear the 
printed approval of the Executive Council. 

Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of presidents of subor¬ 
dinate unions to report to the President of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union all violations of the laws of 
the International Typographical Union occurring within 
their jurisdiction. 

Sec. 21. Presidents of all local unions shall appoint 
three members whose duty it shall be to visit, at stated 
periods, the different newspaper and job offices in 
their jurisdiction, and make a report of their findings 
as to the) sanitary conditions of places visited at the 
next regular meeting. 

Sec. 22. All applications for membership shall be 
filed in duplicate on forms provided by the Secretary- 
Treasurer of the International Typographical Union. 
Secretaries of subordinate unions are required to fur¬ 
nish the Secretary-Treasurer one copy of each appli- 


GENERAL LAWS. 


47 


cation. The names of all applicants for admission 
who have been known to or are suspected of having 
worked under the jurisdiction of a sister union, or 
about whose antecedents there is the least doubt, shall 
be published in The Typographical Journal, and no 
such applicant shall be received into membership until 
twenty-six days after the date of such publication. 
The requirement of publication in The Typographical 
Journal shall not be operative during the progress of a 
strike, or during the life of amnesty declared in ac¬ 
cordance with the requirements of the laws of this 
union. 

Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the secretary of each 
subordinate union to furnish monthly to the Secretary- 
Treasurer of the International Typographical Union a 
statement of all rejections, expulsions, suspensions and 
reinstatements, and the reasons therefor; and also a 
monthly statement of the condition of the trade and 
other matters of interest to the craft in the jurisdiction 
of his union. 

Sec. 24. Secretaries of subordinate unions are in¬ 
structed to answer all correspondence from sister 
unions as soon as possible after receiving the same. 
All correspondence between subordinate unions as to 
character, etc., of applicants for membership, and all 
other business of like nature, shall be conducted in 
sealed envelops. 

Sec. 25. It shall be the duty of secretaries of sub¬ 
ordinate unions to furnish monthly to the President of 
the International Typographical Union a list of unfair 
publications having a circulation outside their juris¬ 
dictions. 

Sec. 26. Every member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union in good standing shall be entitled to 
vote on all propositions submitted to the referendum. 
Local unions are instructed that, in canvassing the 
returns of their members, no votes shall be counted 
other than those recorded on the official ballot fur- 


48 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

nished by the Secretary-Treasurer of the International 
Typographical Union, which shall be furnished to lo¬ 
cal unions at regular supply prices. 

POWERS OF SUBORDINATE UNIONS. 

Sec. 27. No boycott shall be levied by any local union 
whereby a sister union subordinate to the International 
Typographical Union, or members thereof, may be 
affected, without the specific consent of the union so 
affected: Provided, The union desiring to boycott shall 
have the right of appeal to the Executive Council, which 
shall give all interested parties a full hearing before 
rendering a decision. 

Sec. 28. A union has no right to set apart a day as a 
national holiday and declare members unfair because 
they do not observe the same, although ordered by the 
union to do so. 

Sec. 29. It is optional with local unions to impose 
‘ fines on members for failure to participate in Labor 
day parades, when such local unions, by a majority 
vote of members in good standing, at a regular meet¬ 
ing or a special meeting called for that purpose, shall 
decide to participate in Labor day parades. 

Sec. 30. Members of a subordinate union, even 
though they constitute a majority of such union, have 
no right in chapel meeting to take any action amend¬ 
ing, suspending, or in any way affecting the laws or 
contracts of such union. 

Sec. 31. Subordinate unions have not the right to re¬ 
quire that their members shall hold regular situations 
before they shall be entitled to vote or hold office. 

Sec. 32. Subordinate unions, acting in conjunction 
with the Executive Council, have a right to declare a 
general amnesty for a set period to non-unionists work¬ 
ing in the territory under their jurisdiction. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. 33. No union shall admit as a member any per¬ 
son who comes from a place where a union existed at 


GENERAL LAWS. 


49 


the time of his leaving, unless he can produce a duly 
attested traveling card from said union: Provided, 
That any applicant for membership may be admitted 
if no objection is raised after the union from whose 
jurisdiction the applicant comes has been communi¬ 
cated with, and after publication of the application 
in The Journal as required by law. Any subordinate 
union violating this law shall be liable to a fine of $25. 

Sec. 34. No person shall be admitted to member¬ 
ship in a subordinate union who has not served an 
apprenticeship of at least four years, except with the 
consent of the President of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. No person who is not a member of 
the International Typographical Union shall be granted 
a card as a machine tender unless he has served an 
apprenticeship of at least four years as a machinist 
or machine tender. Rigid examination as to the com¬ 
petency of applicants shall be made by a committee 
of the local union. 

Sec. 35. When subordinate unions elect to mem¬ 
bership printers from country towns any considera¬ 
ble distance from such subordinate unions, it shall be 
considered proper and legal for such newly elected 
members to subscribe to the oath of membership on 
a blank form to be prepared and furnished by the 
International officers, in lieu of appearing personally 
before the subordinate union for obligation: Pro¬ 
vided, Said oath (or obligation) shall be subscribed 
and sworn to before some civil officer legally author¬ 
ized to administer oaths. 

Sec. 36. When an applicant is elected to member¬ 
ship in a subordinate union and leaves the jurisdic¬ 
tion of said union before being obligated, the obliga¬ 
tion shall be administered by any other subordinate 
union upon presentation of properly certified creden¬ 
tials. The secretary of the union obligating the appli¬ 
cant shall notify the secretary of the union electing, 
and he shall then remit the registration fee to the 


50 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typographical 
Union in regular form and issue a traveling card to 
the person so obligated. 

Sec. 37. In towns where there are not a sufficient 
number of printers employed to hold a charter from 
this body, a representative of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union may furnish application blanks to 
such as are there and wish to become members of 
the International Typographical Union, and such 
blanks, when filled out, shall be forwarded by him 
to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall cause the names 
of applicants to be published in The Typographical 
Journal; and if, after the lapse of thirty days after 
such publication, no valid objection is received, the 
Secretary-Treasurer shall, upon applicants subscribing 
to oath, as provided in section 35, issue a traveling 
card, which shall entitle the holder to all rights and 
privileges of a member of the International Union. 
Each application shall be accompanied by an initia¬ 
tion fee of $5, and such member shall be liable for the 
regular International Typographical Union per capita 
tax and assessments. 

Sec. 38. A candidate for membership can not be re¬ 
jected solely on the ground of having served his ap¬ 
prenticeship in an “unfair” office; but a local union may 
impose such restrictions, in its discretion, as seem best 
for the general welfare, upon apprentices entering “un¬ 
fair” offices within its jurisdiction, and such apprentices 
may not be permitted to enter the union until such re¬ 
strictions are removed or special laws complied with. 

Sec. 39. An applicant for membership, working under 
permit pending final action on his or her case, is enti¬ 
tled to work in union offices and receive the same rec¬ 
ognition as members of the union, and shall not be 
allowed to withdraw the application upon which a per¬ 
mit has been granted, but must await the action of the 
union: Provided, That subordinate unions have the 
power to revoke permits, pending final action, if it be 


GENERAL LAWS. 


51 


known that applicants have sought employment con¬ 
trary to the provisions of Section 106. When an ap¬ 
plicant for membership or reinstatement is once re¬ 
jected in a subordinate union he can not again make 
a new application in any union for the period of six 
months from the time of such application except by 
permission of the International President. 

Sec. 40. An applicant (who is not otherwise disqual¬ 
ified) can not be rejected by a subordinate union while 
three-fourths of the members present at the meeting at 
which said application was acted on voted in favor of 
his admission. 

Sec. 41. All persons performing the work of a fore¬ 
man or journeyman, at any branch of the printing 
trade, in offices under the jurisdiction of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, must be active members of 
the local union of their craft and entitled to all the 
privileges and benefits of membership. 

Sec. 42. It shall be unlawful for a member of any 
subordinate union of the International Typographical 
Union to perform a day’s work in any office under the 
jurisdiction of the local union to which he or she may 
belong and at the conclusion of the day’s labor proceed 
to engage in active work at the case, or in a mechan¬ 
ical capacity, in another printing office in which said 
member is interested, financially or otherwise. 

Sec. 43. Residents of the Union Printers Home 
exempted from International Typographical Union per 
capita tax shall not be permitted to vote on matters 
pertaining to local government in the subordinate 
union in whose jurisdiction the Home is located. 

MEMBERSHIP RECORD. 

Sec. 44. There shall be established and maintained 
in the office of the Secretary-Treasurer a complete 
record of all journeymen active members of the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union. This record shall con¬ 
tain the age of each member, the date of his initiation, 


52 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

where initiated; the date and cause of suspension or 
expulsion, the date of reinstatement or reinitiation, 
together with the date of death and such other matter 
as may be deemed necessary by the Executive Council 
to determine the continuous membership of any mem¬ 
ber of the International Typographical Union. Every 
member shall furnish on a blank provided for his use 
the date of his birth, the date of initiation and such 
other statistics as are necessary to show clearly the 
length of his continuous membership. The member¬ 
ship statements filed with the Secretary-Treasurer are 
only for the use and information of the officers of the 
International Union in the payment of benefits con¬ 
tingent upon continuous membership. The Secretary- 
Treasurer of the International Union is hereby au¬ 
thorized and instructed to refuse to make public the 
record of any member except as the business of the 
International Union may require. 

Sec. 45. Every member shall be assigned a reg¬ 
ister number by the Secretary-Treasurer of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union, and he shall there¬ 
after be officially known by such register number. 

Seg. 46. On issuing a working, traveling or hon¬ 
orable withdrawal card, the secretary of the local 
union granting such card shall place thereon the 
register number of the member receiving the same. 
In no case shall any other number except that given 
by the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union be assigned a member or placed on 
the card held by him. 

Sec. 47. Each local union shall report monthly, 
through its secretary, on forms provided by the 
Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union, the number of due stamps received, used 
and remaining on hand, the names and ages of all 
new members initiated, with the date of their initia¬ 
tion; the names and register numbers of all members 
suspended, expelled, or reinstated, with the date of 


GENERAL LAWS. 


53 


same; all traveling and honorable withdrawal cards re¬ 
ceived, with date, name and register number of card¬ 
holder; all traveling and honorable withdrawal cards 
issued, with date, name and register number of mem¬ 
ber; the name and register number of all members 
lost by death and the date of death, together with such 
other data as may be required for the completion of 
a member’s record or deemed necessary by the Execu¬ 
tive Council for the use of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. 

Sec. 48. It shall be the duty of each local union 
to keep a record of all its members in such manner 
as will permit of the making of monthly reports and 
furnishing the data provided for in the preceding sec¬ 
tions. Any local union failing to make monthly re¬ 
ports, as provided herein, shall be fined $10. 

Sec. 49. Such books as are necessary for the use 
of local unions in keeping a proper record of their 
members, and the payments of dues and assessments 
made by such members, shall be kept in stock by the 
Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typographical 
Union and sold to local unions at a price to be deter¬ 
mined by the Executive Council: Provided, It shall 
not be obligatory upon the part of local unions to pur¬ 
chase their record books from headquarters. Any local 
union desiring to do so shall have the privilege of 
printing its own record books and arranging them so 
as to permit of the keeping of data in addition to that 
required by the International Union. 

Sec. 50. Subordinate unions shall collect, in addi¬ 
tion to the local initiation fee, a registration fee of 
$2 from each initiate, which shall be transmitted to 
the International Typographical Union with the name 
of the initiate. 

APPRENTICES. 

Sec. 51. It is the sense of the International Union 
that subordinate unions should not admit applicants 
under twenty years of age to full membership. The 


54 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

members of subordinate unions should, at every op¬ 
portunity, inculcate the principles of unionism in the 
minds of apprentices. 

Sec. 52. Apprentices, upon entering offices under the 
jurisdiction of the International Typographical Union, 
shall be registered by local unions. A record shall be 
kept of such apprentices and a certificate issued to 
each, which certificate shall be presented to the union 
where application is made for membership as a jour¬ 
neyman, said certificate to be as follows: 

Certificate of Apprenticeship. 

(International Typographical Union.) 

This is to certify that . has on this date entered 

the employ of . as an apprentice. 


Chairman of Office . 

(Date.) . 

Secretary Typo. Union No . 

Sec. 53. Subordinate unions are instructed to use 
all means within their power to secure the privilege 
of governing apprentices; and they are especially en¬ 
joined to enter into negotiations with employers to the 
end that a person’s application for apprenticeship, after 
serving six months in the composing room, shall be 
contingent upon a satisfactory report from a commit¬ 
tee of the union relative to such person’s educational 
qualifications. It is the sense of the International Ty¬ 
pographical Union that local unions encourage all ap¬ 
prentices in the last year of their apprenticeship to 
complete the course in printing provided by the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union, and that, where pos¬ 
sible, local unions incorporate in their contracts with 
employers a section containing the requirement that 
apprentices take the I. T. U. Course. 

Sec. 54. Local unions shall arrange for scales of 
wages for apprentices at the end of the second year of 
their apprenticeship (at which time they must be, if 






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55 


competent, admitted as apprentice members) and shall 
protect them against unfair discrimination and dis¬ 
charge, the same as if they were journeymen. 

Sec. 55. It is enjoined upon each subordinate union 
to make regulations limiting the number of apprentices 
to be employed in any office to one for such number of 
journeymen as to the union may seem just; and all local 
unions must pass laws defining the grade and classes of 
work apprentices must be taught from year to year, so 
that they may have an opportunity of acquiring a 
thorough knowledge of the printing trade; and all 
unions are authorized to admit to membership ap¬ 
prentices in the second year of their apprenticeship, to 
the end that, upon the expiration of their terms of 
apprenticeship, they may be fully acquainted with the 
workings of the union and fitted to appreciate its 
privileges and obligations upon assuming full mem¬ 
bership. They shall be required to take an obligation 
pledging themselves to maintain the secrecy of the or¬ 
ganization in which they desire membership. Appren¬ 
tice members shall not have the privilege of voting 
and they shall be exempt from the payment of dues. 

Sec. 56. No apprentice shall leave one office and en¬ 
ter that of another employer without the written con¬ 
sent of his first employer and the president of the 
union, and the date of such change of offices by the 
apprentice shall be recorded on the books of the union. 

Sec. 57. All apprentices employed on daily or 
weekly newspapers, magazines or publications of any 
description, under the jurisdiction of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, where machines or type¬ 
setting devices are in use, must be employed the last 
two and one-half years of their apprenticeship on the 
case, and at all the intricate handiwork of the craft, 
not including the last six months of said apprentice¬ 
ship, which time may be devoted exclusively to work 
on linotype or typesetting devices in use in the of- 


56 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

fice where said apprentice is employed. An apprentice¬ 
ship term shall consist of at least four years. 

Sec. 58. Where the laws of a union admit an ap¬ 
prentice to conditional membership in the last year of 
his term, and such apprentice makes application for 
full membership and is rejected on the ground of in¬ 
competency, it is not necessary or proper that union 
men should refuse to continue at work where such ap¬ 
prentice is employed, nor shall his rejection in any 
way affect his trade union standing. 

Sec. 59. Apprentices who have not worked a suffi¬ 
cient time at the business to allow of their becoming 
members of the local union—probationary or in full—■ 
under its laws or the laws of the International Union, 
can not be declared unfair. 

Sec. 60. Local unions shall furnish The Typograph¬ 
ical Journal to registered apprentices within their ju¬ 
risdiction and each graduated apprentice, when in¬ 
itiated, shall be furnished a typographical union button. 

Sec. 61. Any chairman failing to report the viola¬ 
tion of any of these laws to the local union of which 
he is a member shall be subject to a fine of $10. 

DUES. 

Sec. 62. Every member shall pay the International 
Typographical Union per capita tax monthly (except 
inmates of the Union Printers Home, who shall be 
considered-members in good standing), and on payment 
of the same shall receive from the local union in which 
membership is held an International working card or 
due stamp so canceled by the local officers as to indicate 
the month or months for which International dues have 
been paid. 

Sec. 63. Every member must demand, and shall 
receive, on payment of the proper sum, due stamps 
or a working card for each month’s dues paid. The 
card shall show the sum paid for per capita tax, local 
dues, old age pension and mortuary assessments, and 


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57 

such other assessments as may be levied by the local 
or International Union, and the date of said payments. 
It shall be optional with subordinate unions to choose 
either the adhesive stamps or working cards herein¬ 
before mentioned, but in every instance an adhesive 
stamp shall be attached or a stamped working card 
issued for each month’s dues paid, and the stamp or 
card canceled to show the particular month’s dues paid. 

Sec. 64. In cases of members holding traveling cards 
and so situated as not to require active affiliation with 
any subordinate union, the per capita tax shall be col¬ 
lected by the proper officer of the union in which said 
traveling card is deposited or presented for renewal, 
and the amount so received shall be shown on the card 
issued by affixing International due stamps in such a 
manner as to indicate the payment of monthly per cap¬ 
ita tax in regular sequence. 

Sec. 65. Any member who is not in possession of an 
International working card for the current month, or to 
whose card International due stamps, showing all dues 
up to the current month to have been paid, are not at¬ 
tached, shall be deemed as delinquent to the Interna¬ 
tional Union, and shall not be entitled to any benefits. 

Sec. 66. Members of subordinate unions shall 
stand suspended when four months in arrears for 
local or International dues or assessments. Sus¬ 
pended members shall have no standing in the or¬ 
ganization and shall be entitled to no benefits. For 
reinstating suspended members the local union shall 
collect such local and International Typographical 
Union dues and assessments as were due at the 
time of suspension, together with such International 
per capita tax and assessments as would have ac¬ 
crued to the time of reinstatement. In addition to 
this there shall be collected a reinstatement fee of 
not less than $5. Two dollars of each reinstatement 
fee, together with all other dues and assessments 


58 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

due the International collected by subordinate unions, 
shall be transferred to the Secretary-Treasurer of the 
International Union and accrue to the International 
funds. It shall be the duty of subordinate unions, on 
request of a member who is sick or disabled, and 
who shows that he is in destitute circumstances, to 
protect his membership in the organization during 
such sickness or disability, the local union to be re¬ 
imbursed for this expenditure by the member bene¬ 
fited after recovery 

Sec. 67. Local dues shall be charged from the first 
day of each month, except in cases where the member 
has paid the current month’s dues, or in instances where 
the percentage system applies. In cases where members 
deposit traveling cards showing International per capita 
tax to have been paid in advance, local unions when 
collecting dues shall allow full credit for the amounts 
so paid. 

Sec. 68. No member of a subordinate union shall be 
allowed to pay dues in the jurisdiction of one union 
while working under that of another; and no subordi¬ 
nate union shall receive dues as aforesaid. Dues of 
right belong to the union under whose jurisdiction the 
party is working. 

TRAVELING CARDS. 

Sec. 69. Members in good standing who are de¬ 
sirous of leaving the jurisdiction of the union to 
which they belong shall be entitled to receive the 
International Typographical Union traveling card, 
which shall be furnished upon the payment of all 
financial obligations. A member accepting such card 
severs all connection with the issuing union. Where 
traveling cards are withdrawn and returned to the 
local union issuing same more than twice in thirty 
days, a charge of 25 cents each shall be made for all 
cards issued after the first. 


GENERAL LAWS. 59 

Sec. 70. The said traveling card shall be in words 
as follows: 

This is to certify that ., the 

bearer hereof, whose signature appears in this certifi¬ 
cate, is a member in good standing of the International 
Typographical Union, and is entitled to the friendship 
and good offices of all unions under the jurisdiction 
of the International Typographical Union. 

The bearer has paid International Union per capita 
tax for the month of . 19.... 

Given under our hands and the seal of . 

Union No .. this . day of .79.... 

.. President. 

.. Secretary. 

. Member’s Signature. 

Countersigned ., Secretary-Treasurer 

International Typographical Union. 

This card expires in two months from the time the 
last International due stamp thereon shows dues to 
have been paid. 

The reverse side of said card shall contain these 
words: 

Deposited with . Union No . on 

the . day of . 79. ... 

Sec. 71. Any member receiving such card shall 
deposit the same with the proper union officer when ac¬ 
cepting work within the jurisdiction of any union sub¬ 
ordinate to the International Typographical Union: 
Provided, This shall not prevent sister unions located 
within a radius of five miles mutually agreeing to 
recognize each other’s current working cards for a 
period of thirty days. Any member neglecting his 
duty, as prescribed in this section, shall stand sus¬ 
pended, and be so published in The Typographical 
Journal, and upon readmission into any subordinate 
union shall be required to pay the usual initiation fee. 

Sec. 72. The secretary of a subordinate union shall 















60 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

receive an International traveling card at any time, if 
the card be clear and within date and no charges are 
pending against the holder. Membership in said union 
shall date from time of said reception, and any person 
admitted by such card shall be exempt from the usual 
initiation fee and from any assessments of which he 
is not a beneficiary. 

Sec. 73. International cards must be received (if 
clear and within date), notwithstanding the fact that 
charges may be pending in a sister union against an 
officer of the union issuing the same: Provided, Such 
charges were not made known to said union previous 
to the issue of such card. 

Sec. 74. In case of a strike involving one-third of 
the membership of a union, said union may refuse to 
receive cards for a period not exceeding three months, 
or, with the consent of the International President, six 
months. 

Sec. 75. A subordinate union can not be compelled 
to grant a card to a member against whom charges 
are pending. 

Sec. 76. All traveling cards issued by subordinate 
unions must have the seal of the issuing union 
stamped thereon, and all signatures, dates and names 
shall be in ink. 

'Sec. 77. When the secretary of a subordinate union 
issues a traveling card, he shall require that the mem¬ 
ber receiving such card shall place in the blank pro¬ 
vided for that purpose his (the member’s) signature in 
the presence of the secretary, and the secretary re¬ 
ceiving a traveling card shall require the holder to 
sign his name on back of said card for comparison, 
and should there be a discrepancy in the signatures, 
the secretary shall take up the card pending investiga¬ 
tion. Any violation of this section shall be punished 
by a fine of $5. This shall not apply to cards for¬ 
warded by mail. 

Sec. 78. All traveling cards deposited with a local 


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union shall be endorsed with the date of deposit and 
the name and number of the union and forwarded to 
the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. 

Sec. 79. When a card is issued to a member of the 
allied crafts, chartered by the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, the secretary issuing such card shall 
insert after the member’s name the craft to which he 
belongs. All allied craftsmen must deposit their cards 
with the union of their craft, if one be in existence 
where they are located, in order to protect their mem¬ 
bership in the International Typographical Union. If 
there be no local union of their craft where they are 
located, such card shall be deposited with the local 
typographical union in whose jurisdiction they may be 
employed. They shall abide by the constitution and 
by-laws of the union to which they are attached, and 
said members shall be required to assist and take part 
in strikes when legally ordered by local unions, as 
provided by the laws of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union. They shall have a vote on all matters con¬ 
cerning the International Typographical Union and 
the allied trades, but shall have no voice in making a 
local scale of prices or matters pertaining thereto. All 
applications for membership in an allied craft belong¬ 
ing to the International Typographical Union, in juris¬ 
dictions where there is no local of that craft, shall be 
made to the local typographical union, which shall 
investigate the applicant, and, if found worthy, he 
shall be accepted to membership. When, in the opin¬ 
ion of the Executive Council, there is a sufficient 
number of members of any allied craft in a local typo¬ 
graphical union, and the best interests of the organi¬ 
zation will be subserved thereby, they shall be directed 
to apply for a charter and organize a local union of 
their own craft. 

Sec. 80. A change in the secretary-treasurership of 
the International Union does not invalidate a clear 


6 2 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

card, within date, signed by a former secretary-treas¬ 
urer. The blank cards furnished subordinate unions 
are good until used if the union remains in existence 
as a part of the International organization. 

Sec. 8i. Traveling cards issued by a subordinate 
union after its charter has been suspended or revoked 
shall not be honored by local unions, but any member 
of such a union, upon furnishing the Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer with sufficient proof of membership, shall, upon 
the payment of all arrearages to the Internationa! 
Union, be entitled to and receive a traveling card 
from the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Ty¬ 
pographical Union. 

Sec. 82. The duly attested cards of all persons 
from foreign typographical unions, which unions will 
reciprocate in kind, on payment of the International 
Typographical Union registration fee, shall be received 
by subordinate unions, and their holders admitted to 
membership, in like manner as though presenting a 
traveling card of this International Union. 

RENEW'AL AND REISSUE. 

Sec. 83. Where a union member, who has been for a 
length of time out of the business, or so located as to 
make it unnecessary for him to deposit his card, under 
the workings of our system, until after it has expired by 
limitation, presents his card for renewal to the union 
by which it was issued, such union, on the payment of 
accrued International per capita tax and assessments 
from date of issuance to date of such renewal (and 
no local fees whatsoever shall be chargeable), shall 
promptly renew such card, provided the application 
for renewal be accompanied by satisfactory evidence 
that the applicant has not in the meantime been 
guilty of any anti-union conduct. Nothing herein 
shall be held as preventing such member from mak¬ 
ing application as a new member if he so elects. 
Should the union issuing such card have in the 


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63 

meantime ceased to exist, it is the right of the union 
man holding such card to have it accepted by any sub¬ 
ordinate union on his showing to the satisfaction of 
such union that his record has been a clear one since the 
date of issue of such card. Unexpired traveling cards 
must be renewed by local unions, on presentation by 
the holders of satisfactory evidence of union conduct, 
and the payment of International per capita tax and 
assessments. Traveling cards may be renewed by the 
International Secretary-Treasurer under the foregoing 
conditions. 

Sec. 84. Members working outside the jurisdiction 
of local unions shall transact all business and renew 
traveling cards through International officers. 

Sec. 85. When a member loses his traveling card 
he can only receive a duplicate thereof by applying to 
the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Union, 
who shall issue such duplicate on the payment of $1 
after sufficient time has elapsed for an investigation 
to be made. Duplicates shall be furnished from a 
series separate from the regular traveling cards and 
have printed thereon the words “Duplicate Card.” No 
duplicate for a lost traveling card shall be issued to 
any member unless application therefor is made within 
thirty days from the time such card is lost. 

WITHDRAWAL CARD. 

Sec. 86. Members in good standing who cease to 
work at the business shall be entitled to the Withdrawal 
Card issued by this Union, which exempts them from 
the payment of all dues, and deprives them of all offices 
and benefits whatsoever. 

Sec. 87. The withdrawal card shall contain on its 
obverse side the following words: 

International Typographical Union. 

. 19 -• 

This certifies that .. the holder 

hereof, was at this day and date a member in good 




64 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

standing of the International Typographical Union, 
and at his request is granted this Honorable With¬ 
drawal Card, which exempts him from all dues or 
taxes whatsoever, and acquits him of all rights to 
benefits of any kind whatsoever in said organization; 
and he is required to deposit same with the proper 
officer before seeking work under the jurisdiction of 
any subordinate union; and he promises not to violate 
any trade requirement of the said International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, or its subordinate bodies, while hold¬ 
ing this card. 

The applicant for this withdrawal card understands 
that it terminates his active membership, and that his 
continuous membership in the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union will date from the time of its deposit 
in and acceptance by a subordinate union. 

Witness our hands and seal of . Union 

No .. the day and year first above written. 

. President. 

. Secretary. 

. Applicant. 

Countersigned . Sec.-Treas. I. T. U. 

The reverse of the card shall contain the following, 
which must be subscribed to when the holder deposits 
same for the purpose of resuming active membership: 

I hereby affirm, on my honor as a man, that since 
receiving this card I have not been guilty of violating 
any regulation of the International Typographical 
Union, or any union subordinate thereto; and this 
declaration is made with the full knowledge that any 
wilful misrepresentation renders me liable to discipline. 

. Signature. 

The withdrawal card issued by trade district unions 
shall be similar to the above, with only such changes 
and additions as may be necessary. ' 

Sec. 88 . Immediately on returning to the business 
or coming within the jurisdiction of a subordinate 









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65 


union, the holder of a withdrawal card shall deposit 
the same, subject to the approval of the authorities 
issuing it, and shall be placed on the active list. 

Sec. 89. A member of a subordinate union working 
regularly at the business can not demand the right of 
withdrawing from the union on the plea of economizing 
expenses or of inability to pay his dues; and a union, 
in such a case, is justified in refusing to issue a card. 

Sec. 90. When the holder of an honorable with¬ 
drawal card loses the same he can only receive a du¬ 
plicate thereof by applying to the Secretary-Treasurer 
of the International Typographical Union, who shall 
issue such duplicate on the payment of $1 after suffi¬ 
cient time has elapsed for an investigation to be made. 
Duplicates shall be furnished from a series separate 
from the regular honorable withdrawal cards and have 
printed thereon the words “Duplicate Card.” No du¬ 
plicate for a lost honorable withdrawal card shall be 
issued except with the consent of the union issuing 
the original card, and unless application therefor is 
made within thirty days from the time such card is 
lost. 

TYPESETTING MACHINES. 

Sec. 91. The International Typographical Union de¬ 
mands that in all offices within its jurisdiction, where 
typesetting machines are used, practical union printers 
shall be employed to run them; and also that subordi¬ 
nate unions regulate the scale of wages and the hours 
of work on such machines. 

Sec. 92. In machine offices under the jurisdiction of 
the International Typographical Union, no person 
shall be eligible as a “learner” on machines who is 
not a member of the International Typographical 
Union, or an applicant for membership working under 
a permit. The time and compensation of “learners” 
shall be regulated by local unions: Provided, Local 
unions may grant permits to apprentices during the 
last six months of their apprenticeship, during which 


66 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

time they may learn the machines, and such appren¬ 
tices shall be subject to the rules and regulations of 

such local union. 

Sec. 93. It is the sense of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union that piece scales and bonus scales in 
connection with machine typesetting should be abol¬ 
ished; and subordinate unions, where these practices 
obtain, are directed to bring about such abolition at 
the earliest period practicable. 

Sec. 94. All machine tenders shall be members of 
the International Typographical Union, and the local 
unions shall provide and maintain a scale covering 
such positions, and they shall at all times be under 
the control and amenable to all laws and regulations 
of said local unions. Assistants employed by fore¬ 
men to assist machine tenders shall, when obtainable, 
be journeymen members of the local typographical 
union, and the local union shall provide and maintain 
a scale covering such positions. Such assistants shall 
not be considered as in conflict with the number of 
apprentices already allotted by local laws: Provided, 
That nothing in the foregoing shall be construed to 
mean that machine offices may not employ help to 
wipe or clean machines, or fill metal pots; such help 
not to be employed in excess of one man to each fif¬ 
teen machines, or fraction thereof, and only for the 
purposes herein outlined. 

Sec. 95. No member of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union shall engage in speed, record or other con¬ 
tests, either by hand composition or on machines. Vio¬ 
lation of this law shall be punished by a fine of not 
less than $25, or suspension. 

FEMALE COMPOSITORS. 

Sec. 96. Equal wages and conditions shall prevail 
for both sexes in every local jurisdiction of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union, subject to the re¬ 
quirements of the laws of the various states as these 


GENERAL LAWS. 


67 

laws affect women workers. Any member who vio¬ 
lates the provision of this section, upon conviction, 
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 or 
suspended, as the union may determine, in accordance 
with International law. 

THE LABEL. 

Sec. 97. The labels owned and furnished by the 
International Typographical Union, and described in 
its constitution, shall be transmitted to local unions on 
receipt by the Secretary-Treasurer of this union of a 
sum of money not exceeding 10 per cent above the 
actual cost of production and distribution of said la¬ 
bels. Local unions shall have the right to say whether 
labels ordered by them shall be machine cast or 
electrotyped. Said labels shall remain the property of 
the International Typographical Union. No local 
union shall be permitted to grant the label to offices 
outside the corporate limits of the city or town named 
in its charter, without first securing an extension of 
jurisdiction from the Executive Council. 

Sec. 98. Local unions, acting as agents for the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union, shall loan said labels 
or use or cause the same to be used in such offices and 
by such employing printers as fully comply with the 
rules and regulations of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union and said local unions, and also sign a label 
contract. The Executive Council of the International 
Typographical Union shall have the typographical union 
label withdrawn from all printing establishments em¬ 
ploying members of antagonistic organizations. 

Sec. 99. In cities and towns where more than one 
craft is organized labels shall be loaned to offices by 
the typographical union, acting as the agent of the 
International Typographical Union, and it is impera¬ 
tively ordered that no office shall be permitted to use 
labels unless the rules and regulations of the respec¬ 
tive unions, subordinate or affiliated, are complied with. 


68 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

Sec. ioo. Subordinate unions shall not allow pro¬ 
prietors who work at the trade, and who are not active 
members, to use the union label on any work per¬ 
formed by such proprietors: Provided, That in cities 
where local unions prohibit or discourage proprietor 
membership the label can be granted to such offices 
that are otherwise union, to be used on work per¬ 
formed by union men. Local unions shall have the 
right to grant the use of the label to any proprietor 
who is an active member, when he wishes to do his 
own work, and, where union help can be obtained, 
works not more than the established number of hours 
per day. 

Sec. ioi. The label shall not be granted a union, 
the scale of which in any provision falls below $14 for 
a week of not more than forty-eight hours. 

Sec. 102. The label shall not be placed on work 
sub-contracted by label offices from non-label offices. 

Sec. 103. Where the label is used, the label lease 
number of, or the imprint of the firm actually doing 
the work, and not that of the concern for which the 
work is done, must be used. 

Sec. 104. Subordinate unions are hereby instructed 
to bring before their respective legislatures a law pro¬ 
tecting union labels. 

SIX-DAY LAW. 

Sec. 105. Not more than forty-eight hours shall 
constitute a week’s work. No member of a subordi¬ 
nate union shall work more than six days in a week, 
nor more than the number of hours constituting a 
day’s work in any jurisdiction multiplied by six, 
where a substitute can be obtained. Should any mem¬ 
ber work, through inability to secure a substitute, a 
greater number than six days in any one week, or 
whenever his overtime aggregates a day in hours, he 
shall give to the first available substitute such accu¬ 
mulated day or days: Provided, That subordinate 
unions shall specify the period (not less than thirty 


GENERAL LAWS. 


69 

days) extra time shall be accumulative. All violations 
or evasions of this law shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than one day’s minimum pay for each viola¬ 
tion. And it shall be obligatory upon the part of the 
local unions in whose jurisdiction said violation occurs 
to impose and collect such fine. Six-day papers pub¬ 
lishing Sunday editions shall be classed in the cate¬ 
gory of seven-day morning papers. 

GENERAL DISCIPLINE. 

Sec. 106. In offices under the jurisdiction of the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union the foreman is the only 
person to whom to apply for work, and any person se¬ 
curing work, or attempting to secure work, in any de¬ 
partment under the jurisdiction of the foreman, in any 
other manner than by application to said foreman, 
shall be deemed guilty of conduct unbecoming a 
union man, and, upon conviction before a trial board, 
shall be suspended or expelled, as three-fourths of the 
members may determine. 

Sec. 107. It shall be unlawful for any member of 
any subordinate union of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union to belong to any secret organization, oath- 
bound or otherwise, the intent or purpose of which 
shall be to influence or control the legislation or the 
business of such local union or of the International 
Typographical Union, the selection or election of offi¬ 
cers of such local or International Union, or the pre¬ 
ferred or other situations under their jurisdiction. 
Any member guilty of a violation of this section shall, 
upon conviction of a first offense, be deprived of the 
right to hold office in the local or International Union; 
and upon conviction of a second offense, shall be ex¬ 
pelled. — 

Sec. 108. Cashing of strings, or assignment of wages 
for any purpose, where an ultimate profit is received, 
by members or others, is forbidden everywhere within 
the jurisdiction of the International Typographical 



70 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

Union, nor shall any member act as an agent for out¬ 
side usurers. Printers’ benevolent societies are not 
included in the operations of this act, if the society 
does not charge interest in excess of 2 per cent per 
week. Upon the presentation of charges, local unions 
shall try the issue and decide whether this section has 
been violated, and impose such penalties as may be 
deemed necessary. 

Sec. 109. Members of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union shall not be permitted to operate a portion 
of a printing plant, or an entire printing plant, for a 
portion of the time, under contract or sub-contract. 
Members can only engage in business as employers 
when they own and control the establishments. This 
shall not apply to bona fide leases for a term of one 
year or more. No member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union can evade any of its laws, as applying 
to members generally, by having transferred to himself 
a nominal amount of stock in a company or corpora¬ 
tion organized for the purpose of conducting a print¬ 
ing plant; nor does the holding of the position of di¬ 
rector in such company or corporation constitute him 
a proprietor unless he be able to prove that he is a 
bona fide stockholder therein, and that his block of 
stock in the company or corporation bears such rela¬ 
tion to the whole capital stock as to show that the 
partnership is a genuine business transaction. 

Sec. 110. No member of a subordinate union shall be 
allowed to use the name of the union for any purpose 
without the sanction of the union, but a subordinate 
union may take political action when the interests of 
the craft as a whole may be benefited thereby: Pro¬ 
vided, No subordinate union shall assess its members 
for political purposes. 

Sec. hi. It is contrary to union principles for any 
person holding an International traveling card to go 
to work in a town or city where no union exists, (lur¬ 
ing the progress of a strike, without the consent of the 


GENERAL LAWS. 


71 


parties engaged in such strike, and the union issuing 
such traveling card has the power, upon sufficient proof 
being furnished, to revoke it and publish the holder 
thereof as an unfair man. 

Sec. i 12. Work in foreign languages shall be at 
the scale rates of the particular union having juris¬ 
diction: Provided, That in no case shall English com¬ 
position be at a lesser rate than that of the Typo¬ 
graphical Union. Nor shall foreign composition in 
English offices be done at a lesser rate or longer 
hours worked thereon than is in vogue in offices under 
the jurisdiction of such foreign language union. 

Sec. i i 3. A regular holding a situation in one office 
can not accept casual employment in another. For the 
purpose of this law the local union shall decide what 
constitutes a situation. 

Sec. 114. Any member of a subordinate union having 
wronged a sister union by the misappropriation of funds 
shall have his card revoked by the union of which he is 
then a member, upon such union being notified of the 
misappropriation, under seal of the union, unless 
the delinquency is paid and forwarded to the union 
in which he is a defaulter. 

Sec. 115. A member of a union engaging to take a 
situation in the jurisdiction of another union at a lower 
rate of wages than the scale of prices of the latter union 
calls for, is guilty of “ratting,” even though the situa¬ 
tion may not be obtained. 

Sec. 116. After due trial in accordance with In¬ 
ternational law a member declared guilty of contempt, 
either of the union or a committee of the union, may 
be fined or reprimanded by two-thirds vote, or sus¬ 
pended by three-fourths vote of the union. 

Sec. 117. It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by 
expulsion, for one union man to make application for 
the position of another union man in any office. 

Sec. 1 i 8. Where, through dulness of business or 
other causes, the position of foreman and assistant 


72 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

foreman (or editor and foreman, both being members 
of the union) become consolidated, the party retained 
can not be charged with violating the preceding section 
of these General Laws, if he does not accept a lower 
rate of wages than previously paid to either of the in¬ 
cumbents. 

FOREMEN. 

Sec. i 19. Foremen of pr*nting offices have the right 
to employ help, and may discharge (1) for incompe¬ 
tency, (2) for neglect of duty, (3) for violation of 
office rules (which shall be conspicuously posted) or 
of laws of the chapel or union, and (4) to decrease 
the force, such decrease to be accomplished by dis¬ 
charging first the person or persons last employed, 
either as regular employes or as extra employes, as 
the exigencies of the matter may require. Should 
there be an increase in the force the persons displaced 
through such cause shall be reinstated in reverse or¬ 
der in which they were discharged before other help 
may be employed. Upon demand, the foreman shall 
give the reason for discharge in writing. Persons 
considered capable as substitutes by foremen shall be 
deemed competent to fill regular situations, and shall 
be given preference in the filling of vacancies in the 
regular force. This section shall apply to incoming as 
well as outgoing foremen. 

Sec. 120. The competent sub oldest in continuous 
service is entitled to the first vacancy. 

Sec. 121. Foremen shall not designate any particular 
day, nor how many days, a member shall work in any 
one week. 

Sec. 122. The selection by foremen of their forces 
from day to day, or not having any regular situation 
in an office, is prohibited. Foremen must give out 
such minimum number of situations as are needed to 
meet office requirements. Employment other than a 
regular situation shall be classed as extra work. 


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Sec. 123. No foreman shall have the right to dis¬ 
charge or discipline a journeyman for putting on an 
incompetent sub, if the foreman has not notified the 
journeyman of the sub’s incompetency. No sub shall 
be barred from working in an office for failure to show 
up when not under engagement. 

Sec. 124. Where it is in the power of a foreman to 
employ help of the allied trades, and he shall employ a 
non-union man in preference to a union man, he shall 
be fined not less than $5 nor more than $25, and, on 
the second offense, he shall be subject to suspension 
or expulsion. 

Sec. 125. The recognition of departments shall be 
optional with local unions, but in no case shall a fore¬ 
man transfer a person to a department he is not fa¬ 
miliar with and then declare him incompetent. When 
departments are not recognized by agreement with the 
local union, no employe shall be discharged to reduce 
the force or for incompetency while there is work in 
the office he is competent to do, and to which his pri¬ 
ority entitles him. 

Sec. 126. Any member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union employed in an official capacity by his 
local union shall not lose his priority in the office at 
which he is employed, and may at termination of said 
official employment resume work on his former situ¬ 
ation. 

SUBLISTS. 

Sec. 127. The practice of having a sublist in union 
offices under the jurisdiction of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union is detrimental to the interests of the 
union; therefore, no sublists will be permitted in union 
offices under the jurisdiction of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. 

Sec. 128. Phalanxing by foremen, or giving out 
six-day situations on seven-day papers, thereby con¬ 
trolling extra work, constitutes a sublist. Any mem- 


74 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

ber in an office, seven-day paper or otherwise, is en¬ 
titled to employ in his stead, whenever so disposed, 
any competent member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, without consultation or approval of 
the foreman of said office. A fine of $25 shall be im¬ 
posed upon foremen for violation or evasion of this 
law. Any chairman failing to report the violation of 
this section shall be fined $25. 

Sec. 129. Sections 127 and 128, General Laws, shall 
be posted in all chapels md enforced by all unions 
under the jurisdiction of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union. 

Sec. 130. Local unions may adopt, by a majority 
vote of members present and voting, a six-day law in 
lieu of sections 121, 122 and 128. 

CHARGES AND TRIALS. 

Sec. 131. Neglect of duty in an officer, or failure to 
comply with the provisions of International or local 
laws by members, may be punished by reprimand or 
fine, at the will of two-thirds, or by suspension or ex¬ 
pulsion at the will of three-fourths of the members of 
a local union in good standing voting. And no punish¬ 
ment may be inflicted or penalty enforced until after 
due trial in accordance with local and International 
law, except in cases in these laws specifically set forth. 

Sec. 132. When a union arraigns a member on any 
cause without its jurisdiction, and the party so arraigned 
has formerly been in good standing with the craft, it is 
the duty of said union to give him official notification of 
the fact, and allow him the privilege of defending him¬ 
self in open meeting. 

Sec. 133. When a subordinate union is cognizant of 
the performance of a disreputable act on the part of a 
member not working within its jurisdiction, whether 
such act w#s committed within its jurisdiction or not, 
it is its duty to prefer charges against him before the 
union under whose jurisdiction he does work. 


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Sec. 134. When a member has deliberately ratted.it 
is not necessary that he should be cited to appear for 
trial, but he may be summarily expelled. 

Sec. 135. When, through the action of a local union, 
a member is suspended and debarred from the right to 
work at the trade, and is subsequently proven guilt¬ 
less of infraction of International or local laws, said 
local shall be compelled to remunerate, at its prevail¬ 
ing scale, such suspended member for the time lost 
while under suspension. 

Sec. 136. Accusations or charges against a mem¬ 
ber must be made in writing by a member of the 
union within thirty days of the time knowledge of 
the offense alleged comes to the member making the 
charges, and may be presented to the president at 
any time within thirty days. Charges must be signed 
by the party presenting them, and shall be accom¬ 
panied by the affidavit of the party that he has per¬ 
sonal knowledge of the guilt of the accused. Within 
five days after the presentation of charges to the 
president he shall cause a copy of such charges to be 
served upon the member accused. The president shall 
present the charges to the union at its next stated 
meeting, when, if the charges are deemed cognizable 
by a majority of the members present and voting, 
a committee of five members shall be appointed by the 
president to investigate the charges. Such committee 
shall hear all the parties to the controversy, but the 
member accused may, without prejudice to his inter¬ 
est, waive his right to appear and be heard by the 
investigating committee. The investigating committee 
shall report its findings at the regular meeting follow¬ 
ing the meeting at which it was appointed. If the 
charges are found worthy of trial by the union, the 
president shall appoint a committee of five to try the 
case. But if the accused shall object to the appoint¬ 
ment of a trial committee by the president, or to the 
committee as appointed by the president, then a 


76 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

committee of five to try the case shall be drawn by 
lot from the members present, but the member pre¬ 
senting the charges, the member accused and mem¬ 
bers who may be witnesses shall not be eligible to 
membership on the trial committee. Said committee 
shall notify the parties and their witnesses of the 
time and place of sitting. Both parties shall have the 
right of counsel, who shall be members of the union. 
At the demand of either party witnesses shall be 
sworn by a notary public, or some other officer author¬ 
ized to administer oaths. If either party fail to ap¬ 
pear (unless excused for cause shown), the inquiry 
shall proceed. The committee shall at the next stated 
meeting report the evidence and its judgment on the 
case. The accused shall then have the privilege of 
defense before the union, after which the secretary 
shall read the judgment of the committee, and the 
president shall submit it to a vote of the union, and 
a two-thirds secret vote of the members present shall 
be necessary to convict. If more than one charge 
has been made the vote may be taken on each charge, 
separately, in the same manner. If the charges or 
any of them be sustained, or if the accused pleads 
guilty, the vote shall then be taken on the penalty 
recommended by the committee, if any, but this 
recommendation may be amended, and the vote shall 
be first upon the heaviest penalty proposed. It shall 
require a three-fourths vote to expel or suspend from 
membership, but a majority vote only to impose any 
lesser penalty, after conviction. All expenses in¬ 
curred by the prosecuting union, or any member of 
the union, or by the defense, shall be borne by the 
union in case of acquittal of the accused. 

Sec. 137. Upon first trial, should the accused be con¬ 
victed, the fine, if one is imposed, shall not exceed $25. 

Sec. 138. Any member bringing charges against an¬ 
other which he fails to sustain by proper evidence, may, 
by a two-thirds vote of the union, and without referring 


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77 


the matter to any trial committee, be censured or fined 
an amount equal to the expense of the trial he has 
caused, or both censured and fined. 

Sec. 139. The evidence of rats shall not be received 
in the trial of union men for any cause whatever, as 
they are under the ban of the union, and not recognized 
by it as honorable men. Evidence gleaned from the 
books and bookkeeper of an office should be considered 
good evidence on trial of a union man for violation of 
scale, unless surrounding circumstances or union evi¬ 
dence in rebuttal weakens or destroys it. 

Sec. 140. No evidence shall be received or consid¬ 
ered by a committee appointed to try charges except 
such as shall be offered at a regular hearing of the 
committee, at which all parties interested shall be, or 
shall have been notified to be, present. 

Sec. 141. The defendant to charges shall not be 
compelled to testify. 

Sec. 142. The accused may, if he so desires, waive 
any and all of the rights guaranteed to him by the Con¬ 
stitution and Laws; and upon such waiver the union 
may, by a majority vote, proceed to act. Nothing herein 
contained shall interfere with the appeal rights of the 
accused. 

Sec. 143. If the accused feels that an injustice has 
been done him by his union, he shall give notice of ap¬ 
peal to the International Union, as set forth in its 
Constitution and By-Laws. 

ALLIED TRADES COUNCILS. 

Sec. 144. In a jurisdiction where more than one in¬ 
ternational union has issued charters, an allied print¬ 
ing trades council shall be formed, in pursuance of 
the provisions of the agreement between the five inter¬ 
national unions of the printing trade. 

DEFENSE AND STRIKES. 

Sec. 145. In the event of a disagreement between a 
subordinate union and an employer, which, in the opin- 


78 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

ion of the local union, may result in a strike, such union 
shall notify the President, who shall repair in person 
or by proxy to the place where said union is located, 
investigate the cause of the disagreement and endeavor 
to adjust the difficulty. If his efforts should prove futile, 
he shall notify the Executive Council of all the circum¬ 
stances, and, if a majority of said council shall decide 
that a strike is necessary, such union may be authorized 
to order a strike. 

Sec. 146. When a strike has been authorized by the 
Executive Council, the president of the subordinate 
union interested shall, within twenty-four hours, call 
a meeting of said union (of which all members shall 
be constitutionally notified) to take action thereon, and 
no member shall vote on such question unless he is in 
good standing, and has been a member of said union 
for the previous six months. Should three-fourths of 
such members present decide in favor of a strike the 
president of the subordinate union shall immediately 
notify the Executive Council that a strike has been in¬ 
augurated and give the number of men involved, 
union and non-union. 

Sec. 147. Whenever a strftce occurs without the 
sanction of the Executive Council, the council must 
immediately disavow the illegal strike and notify all 
subordinate unions to that effect. Protection shall be 
guaranteed to all members who remain at, accept or 
return to work in offices affected by the illegal strike, 
as specified in Section 152. Any officer or member 
of a union who shall suppress or conceal from his 
union or the Executive Council any official informa¬ 
tion concerning a strike, or a proposed strike, shall 
upon conviction by the local union be suspended or 
expelled. 

Sec. 148. A strike or lockout of any branch or craft 
of the International Union, authorized by the Execu¬ 
tive Council thereof, shall apply alike to each and every 
union, craft and individual working under said jurisr 


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79 


diction in the office or concern involved. Should a ma¬ 
jority of said unions fail to support a proposition to 
strike, the aggrieved union may take an appeal to the 
Executive Council, and if, after being furnished with 
statements from all parties concerned, all of the mem¬ 
bers of that body believe the inauguration of a strike ab¬ 
solutely necessary, the President shall in person, or by 
proxy, again attempt to effect a settlement with employ¬ 
ers, and if unsuccessful, shall, through the officers of 
the various unions, order a general strike of all mem¬ 
bers of the International Typographical Union employed 
by the firm or firms interested, and those disregarding 
this order shall be forthwith expelled. 

Sec. 149. In case of impending trouble involving al¬ 
lied crafts, the Executive Council shall call into con¬ 
sultation the president or presidents of unions of such 
crafts. 

Sec. 150. A strike or lockout of any union may be 
declared off by a majority vote of the union. In case 
of a strike or lockout, where more than one craft is in¬ 
volved, settlement shall be made by a majority vote of 
all crafts involved. In making settlement all crafts in¬ 
volved shall be parties thereto, each to have due con¬ 
sideration. 

Sec. 151. It is imperatively ordered that no strike or 
lockout shall be deemed legal, or moneys expended from 
the defense fund on that account, unless the strike or 
lockout shall have been authorized or recognized by the 
Executive Council; but should a strike, lockout or re¬ 
duction of wages be forced on a union without an op¬ 
portunity to carry out the provisions of Sections 145 
and 146, said union shall be entitled to the full priv¬ 
ileges of the defense fund. 

Sec. 152. To affect union men prejudicially to their 
standing in the union who remain at work in an office 
where any number of the union men in such office have 
struck work on what they deem good grounds for such 
action, the strike must have been authorized in accord- 


80 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

ance with Sections 145, 146 and 148 of this law. Un¬ 
less so authorized, those remaining at work are not 
liable to charges of violation of any union laws. 

Sec. 153. When there shall have been a strike or¬ 
dered in accordance with the laws of the International 
Union all union men shall be deemed to have been noti¬ 
fied. 

Sec. 154. When a strike has been inaugurated un¬ 
der the provisions of Sections 145, 146 and 148, the 
Executive Council shall pay to the order of the presi¬ 
dent and secretary of the union involved, for such 
time as the Executive Council may deem wise, an 
amount equal to $7 per week for each married man 
and $5 per week for each single man entitled thereto. 

Sec. 155. No subordinate union shall be allowed to 
increase the statutory benefits without the sanction of 
the Executive Council, unless the said subordinate 
union pays such increase out of its own treasury. 

Sec. 156. No member of a subordinate union on strike 
shall be entitled to the weekly benefit unless he reports 
daily to the proper officer of the subordinate union while 
the strike continues. Any member refusing work while 
out on strike shall be debarred from all benefits under 
this law, and for each day’s work received one-fourth 
of the member’s regular strike benefits for that week 
shall be deducted. 

Sec. 157. All moneys received by a union from the 
International Typographical Union shall be used, with 
the approval of the Executive Council, in supporting 
men on a strike or lockout, in assisting their removal 
to other cities, paying the necessary expenses of the 
conflict, and prosecuting strikes in such further man¬ 
ner as the union interested and the Executive Council 
shall deem advisable. 

Sec. 158. During the continuance of a strike the ex¬ 
ecutive board of a subordinate union shall make weekly 
reports to the Secretary-Treasurer of the International 
Union, showing the amount of money distributed for 


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benefits, number of beneficiaries—heads of families and 
single persons, union or non-union—and all other facts 
that may be required. All moneys from the Interna¬ 
tional Union remaining unused by the local union shall 
be returned to the Executive Council. 

Sec. 159. No strike shall be inaugurated by a sub¬ 
ordinate union prior to at least one year after the is¬ 
suance of its charter. 

Sec. 160. In the event of a general strike in any city 
or town where several offices are involved, no union 
force of men shall refuse to work for a proprietor who 
agrees to pay the scale, if they have the consent of the 
local union. 

Sec. 161. The International Union disapproves of the 
division of members of subordinate unions into distinct 
classes in the settlement of questions, believing it to be 
the right and duty of each member to vote on such occa¬ 
sions. But where there is a job office owned by the pub¬ 
lisher of a newspaper, each (job and news) having its 
own foremen and journeymen, infringement on union 
principles in the job department does not necessarily af¬ 
fect the hands employed in the news department, nor 
vice versa. 

ARBITRATION AND CONTRACTS. 

Sec. 162. When disputes arise between subordinate 
anions, or subordinate unions and employers, which can 
not be adjusted after conference between the parties at 
issue, the matter may be settled by arbitration. 

Sec. 163. No local union shall sign a contract guar¬ 
anteeing its members to work for any proprietor, firm 
or corporation, unless such contract is in accordance 
with International law and approved by the Interna¬ 
tional President. No member holding active member¬ 
ship in any local union shall sign an individual or 
private contract with any employer, agreeing to work 
for any stated length of time, wages or conditions. 
The union alone has the power to contract for condi¬ 
tions, wages and hours. 


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Sec. 164. It is imperatively ordered that the execu¬ 
tive officers of the International Typographical Union 
shall not submit any of its laws to arbitration. 

Sec. 165. Subordinate unions, in making contracts 
or wage agreements, shall insert a clause therein re¬ 
serving to their members the right to refuse to execute 
all struck work received from or destined for unfair 
employers or publications. 

Sec. 166. No local union shall sign a scale of 
wages with an overtime clause calling for overtime on 
any certain day at a rate less than that paid for over¬ 
time on all other days. 

STANDARD OF TYPE. 

\ Sec. 167. A subordinate union can not alter or amend 
the standard of type adopted by the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union. The following is to be the alphabet¬ 
ical scale for the measurement of type cast on the point 
system: 12-point to 9-point, inclusive, 13 ems; 8-point 
and 7-point, 14 ems; 6-point, 15 ems; 5^4-point, 16 ems; 
5-point, 17 ems; 4}4-point, 18 ems. All fonts exceeding 
the standard are to the benefit of the compositor, and 
no deduction or allowance can be made owing to such 
excess. In considering whether a font of type is up to 
the standard, the letters to be measured are the lower 
case letters from a to z, inclusive, and these only—the 
twenty-six letters of the alphabet; and the letters c, d, 
e, i, s, m, n, h, o, u, t, a and r shall be equal to at least 
one-half of such measurement. Where type shall be cast 
upon a larger body than the face (6-point face upon a 
7-point body), it shall be measured as the face; or where 
it shall be cast upon a smaller body than the face (as 
io-point face upon a 9-point body), it shall be measured 
as the body. Type cast in such a manner as practically 
to produce leaded matter without the use of leads shall 
be measured as type the next size smaller than the body 
on which it is cast. This section shall only apply to 
hand-set type. 


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PLATE MATTER AND MATRICES. 

Sec. 168. The International relegates the use of 
plates and plate supplement matter to subordinate 
unions, with power to act. 

Sec. 169. The interchanging, exchanging, borrow¬ 
ing, lending or buying of matter previously used, 
either in the form of type or matrices, between news¬ 
papers, between job offices, or between newspapers 
and job offices, or vice versa, not owned by the 
same individual, firm or corporation, and published in 
the same establishment, is unlawful, and shall not be 
allowed, unless such type or matrices are reset, or an 
equivalent of time off for such resetting is allowed to 
members of the chapel, this to be regulated by agree¬ 
ment between employers and local unions. Transfer 
of matter between a newspaper office and a job office, 
or a job office and a newspaper office, where conducted 
as separate institutions and from separate composing 
rooms, owned by the same individual, firm or corpora¬ 
tion, is not permissible unless such matter is reset, or 
an equivalent of time off for such resetting is allowed 
to members of the chapel, this to be regulated by 
agreement between employers and local unions. Pro¬ 
vided, That where an interchange of matter from an 
English publication to a foreign language publication, 
or vice versa, is desired, under the provisions’ of this 
section, such exchange shall be regulated by agree¬ 
ment between the employer and the local unions inter¬ 
ested. The time limit within which borrowed or pur¬ 
chased matter, or matrices, are to be reset shall also 
be regulated by agreement between employers and lo¬ 
cal unions. 

SECRET BALLOT. 

Sec. 170. When a vote is taken in a meeting of a sub¬ 
ordinate union on a reduction of a scale, alteration of a 
scale, or any dispute as to the construction of a scale, 
or in relation to the surrender of a charter, it must be 


84 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

by secret ballot, with white and black balls provided for 
the purpose—the white balls meaning “yea” and the 
black ones “nay.” Any union violating this law shall 
be fined ten dollars for the first offense, and for the 
second offense its charter shall be suspended by the Ex¬ 
ecutive Council, subject to the approval of the next ses¬ 
sion of the International Union. 

Sec. i 71. No member of a subordinate union shall be 
entitled to vote upon a proposed change in the scale of 
prices unless he has been a member of said union for 
the previous six months, and is in good standing, ex¬ 
cept where the union has been in existence for a 
shorter period; and it shall require a three-fourths 
vote, by secret ballot, of such qualified members pres¬ 
ent at the meeting to change an established scale of 
prices. 

CLASSES OF LABOR. 

Sec. 172. The International Typographical Union 
recognizes only two classes of labor in union com¬ 
posing rooms, journeymen and apprentices. 

RECOMMENDATIONS. 

Sec. 173. The indenturing of apprentices is consid¬ 
ered the best means calculated to give that efficiency 
which it is desirable printers should possess, and also 
to give the necessary guarantee to employers that some 
return will be made them for a proper effort to turn out 
competent workmen. Subordinate unions should, there¬ 
fore, whenever practicable, endeavor to introduce the 
system of indenturing apprentices. The term of service 
shall not be less than four years, beginning at the age 
of sixteen. It is the sense of the International Union 
that subordinate unions should make every effort pos¬ 
sible to secure the proper training and instruction of ap¬ 
prentices in offices under their jurisdiction, to the intent 
that they may become competent workmen. 

Sec. 174. Where the constitution of a subordinate 
union provides that “practical printers of four years' 


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85 

experience are eligible to membership,” such clause shall 
not be so construed as to make it obligatory upon the 
subordinate union to admit such “practical printer,” un¬ 
less it considers him a competent workman and qualified 
in other constitutional respects. 

Sec. 175. While it is the sense of the International 
Union that subordinate unions, and they only, have at 
all times the right of judging of the qualifications of the 
applicants for admission to membership, it is believed 
the true policy of subordinate unions should be to go 
to the utmost limits consistent with safety and honor 
in receiving into membership all “unfair” printers who 
make application to that effect, and who evince a de¬ 
sire to again become “fair” men. 

Sec. x 76. Subordinate unions are recommended to 
adopt a conciliatory method of making important 
changes in their scales of prices, and before any 
change in the scale of prices is sought to be made 
effective such proposed change shall be submitted to 
all the publishers interested. The International Union, 
when requested, shall allow a representative of the 
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association or the 
Printers’ League of America to be heard on important 
changes affecting their interests. 

Sec. 177. Subordinate unions are recommended to 
present their scale of prices to employers sixty days 
before expiration of existing contracts, which scale, 
when signed, shall be binding on both parties for the 
time specified. 

Sec. 178. The International Union recommends to 
subordinate unions that piece work in bookrooms be 
abolished where practicable. 

Sec. 179. The International Union recommends that 
a day’s work on daily papers be restricted as nearly as 
possible to six hours’ composition. 

Sec. 180. The International Union directs subordi¬ 
nate unions to use their influence in having book, news- 


86 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

paper and job stereotyping and electrotyping sent to 
shops employing union men exclusively. 

Sec. 181. The International Union recommends to 
subordinate unions the adoption of the percentage sys¬ 
tem of collecting dues, where practicable. 

Sec. 182. It is the sense of the International Union 
that the system of rebate dues is legal. 

Sec. 183. Subordinate unions are recommended to 
print in labor journals of their localities a list of union 
printing offices, so that officers and members, societies 
and others favorable to organized labor may be kept 
posted as to what offices are fair. 

Sec. 184. The International Typographical Union 
recommends that subordinate unions publish the names 
of all firms, corporations and individuals engaged in 
the printing industry which do not pay the scale of 
prices, or which do not observe the established cus¬ 
toms of the several unions. 

Sec. 185. The International Union, in convention 
assembled, calls to the attention of the executive the 
importance of giving to the smaller unions a fair and 
equitable apportionment in the appointment of com¬ 
mittees. 

Sec. 186. Local unions are directed to affiliate 
with and attach themselves to the various central 
bodies in their localities, and are directed to give 
preference to bodies chartered by the American Fed¬ 
eration of Labor. 

Sec. 187. Members should purchase, where possible, 
such goods as bear the trades union label recognized by 
the International Union. 

Sec. 188. To subordinate unions is recommended the 
appointment of a label propaganda committee, for the 
purpose of securing the use of the label on the station¬ 
ery and printing of all fraternal organizations in their 
jurisdiction. 

Sec. 189. It is recommended that all subordinate 
unions be required to issue to their members tickets or 


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87 


cards bearing the union label, and a request to the mer¬ 
chants with whom they deal that they insist on having 
their printing done by union labor only. That subordi¬ 
nate unions be required to endeavor to secure their use 
by the members of other trades unions and friends of 
organized labor. 

Sec. 190. It is the sense of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union that each subordinate union should 
make a provision for such of its members as are un¬ 
able to obtain the scale through disability—the union 
to be the judge—by placing them on a special list, and 
allowing them to seek work under conditions pre¬ 
scribed by such union. 

Sec. 191. It is recommended by the International 
Typographical Union that subordinate unions, in en¬ 
tering into new agreements, shall make contracts for 
eight hours per day in preference to forty-eight hours 
per week. 

Sec. 192. The value of the state and provincial 
federations of the American Federation of Labor to 
the labor movement of the respective states and prov¬ 
inces is unquestioned. Typographical unions have 
every reason to take an active part in the work and 
deliberations of these bodies. Active interest and af¬ 
filiation by our local unions begets the more hearty 
support of the entire labor movement. That these 
desirable results accruing from affiliations with state 
and provincial branches, American Federation of La¬ 
bor, may become effective, it is recommended that lo¬ 
cal typographical unions become affiliated with the 
state and provincial branches, American Federation of 
Labor, of their respective states and provinces. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Sec. 193. Where a member of a local union under 
the jurisdiction of the International Union works at 
another trade or calling of which there is a regularly 
organized union, such member shall be required to 


88 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

join the union of the latter trade or calling, and abide 
by its regulations, so far as they are consistent with 
the laws of the International Union. 

Sec. 194. Where copyholders, in addition to proof* 
readers, are employed, local unions are directed, 
where possible, to incorporate in the contracts a pro¬ 
vision that members of the union be employed as 
such copyholders, and that a scale be made for such 
work. 

Sec. 195. No member of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union shall purchase products of non-union 
labor when goods made under favorable conditions 
can be obtained. Subordinate unions shall enact laws 
to carry out the provisions of this section. 

Sec. 196. It is the sense of the International 
Union that subordinate unions should incorporate 
only in exceptional cases, and such intent to incor¬ 
porate must first have the sanction of the Executive 
Council of the International Union. 

Sec. 197. The last Sunday in the month of May of 
each year shall be known as Typographical Union 
Memorial Day. Subordinate unions are urged to ob¬ 
serve the same with suitable ceremonies and to deco¬ 
rate the graves of all departed union printers or mem¬ 
bers of the allied crafts and to hold such other serv¬ 
ices as may be appropriate to the occasion. 

Sec. 198. When the International officers believe 
it will be to the interest of the organization, they shall 
advertise any unfair publication in such paper or pa¬ 
pers as reach those who can be influenced to aid in 
making it fair. 


CONVENTION LAWS 


Article I. —Conventions. 

Section i. The convention shall assemble at 9 o’clock 
A. m. on the first day of meeting, and afterward shall 
meet and adjourn at such time as may be fixed by a ma¬ 
jority of the members present. 

Sec. 2. After the first day, the convention shall re¬ 
main in session not less than six hours per day until 
such time as the business shall have been completed. 

Sec. 3. The selection of place of meeting shall be held 
on the fourth day of the session at 11 a. m. ; the nomina¬ 
tions shall be made on the previous day; the vote shall 
be by printed ballot, the said ballots to contain the 
names of all the cities or towns put in nomination, the 
ballots to be distributed thirty minutes before election; 
the town or city voted for shall have a cross placed op¬ 
posite its name; at 11 o’clock on the day of election the 
roll shall be called, and each delegate shall deposit his 
vote in a receptacle provided for that purpose; if a re¬ 
sult is not reached on the first ballot, the town or city 
receiving the least number of votes shall be dropped, 
and balloting shall continue until a selection is made. 
All expenses of such selection shall be borne by the 
International Typographical Union. 

Sec. 4. No persons other than duly elected delegates 
and officers shall be accorded the privilege of the 
floor during the sessions of the International Union, 
except by unanimous consent of the convention; but, 
when requested, a representative of the American 
Newspaper Publishers’ Association, the United Typoth- 
etae of America, or the Printers’ League of America, 

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shall be heard on important changes in the laws affect-* 
ing their interests. 

Sec. 5. No printed matter shall be allowed to be dis¬ 
tributed in any convention of this Union unless it bears 
the union label. 

Sec. 6. A majority of the members in attendance at 
any session of the International Typographical Union 
shall be necessary to form a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

Sec. 7. The following obligation shall be administered 
by the President to the several elected and appointed 
officers before they shall enter upon their respective 
duties: 

You solemnly pledge your word and honor, in the 
presence of this Union, that you will, to the best of your 

ability, discharge the duties incumbent on you as . 

of the International Typographical Union during your 
term of office. 

committees. 

Sec. 8 . As soon as practicable after the election of 
delegates to the International Typographical Union by 
subordinate unions, and at least thirty days before 
the meeting of the convention, the president shall ap¬ 
point a committee on laws, to be composed of seven 
delegates-elect. To this committee the Executive 
Council shall submit such information, data and 
propositions as shall be deemed necessary to amend 
and improve the Constitution, By-Laws and General 
Laws. It shall be competent for any subordinate 
union, or delegate-elect, to submit such information, 
data or propositions. 

Sec. 9. The committee shall meet at the city where 
the International Union is to convene at least five days 
before the beginning of the sessions, and shall proceed 
assiduously to consider all such information, data and 
propositions* It shall submit a printed report in full of 
all propositions favorably acted upon and the full text 
of all propositions adversely acted upon. To this com- 



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mittee all amendments submitted during the session 
shall be referred without debate. It shall have leave to 
sit during the sessions, and shall have the right to report 
at any time to the convention. 

Sec. 10. The credentials of the above committee 
shall be passed upon by the Executive Council. 

Sec. 11. The President shall, immediately after the 
roll-call on the first day of the convention, appoint the 
following standing committees: 

(a) A Committee on Returns and Finances .—To 
which shall be referred for review the report of the 
Secretary-Treasurer. This committee shall make an ex¬ 
amination of the financial status of the International 
Union and shall inspect and report upon all checks, 
drafts and other assets of the organization in the 
hands of the Secretary-Treasurer, as shown by his re¬ 
port. To this committee shall be referred all proposi¬ 
tions involving an expenditure of money that are pre¬ 
sented during the sessions of the convention. e 

(b ) A Committee on the Union Printers Home. —To 
whom shall be referred all business relating to the 
Home. 

( c) A Committee on Subordinate Unions. —To whom 
shall be referred all petitions, memorials, and communi¬ 
cations from said unions, and such other matters as this 
Union may direct. 

( d ) A Committee on Miscellaneous Business. —To 
whom shall be referred all business not otherwise pro¬ 
vided for. 

(e) A Committee on Appeals. —Provided no objec¬ 
tions are entered. If objections be raised, the conven¬ 
tion shall then vote on the question, “Shall the President 
appoint a committee on appeals to be composed of not 
less than seven members of this body?” A majority vote 
shall decide the question. If the decision be in the 
affirmative the President shall appoint the committee. 
In event the action taken is in the negative, the conven¬ 
tion shall nominate and elect the committee. To this 


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committee shall be referred all appeals from decisions 
of the Executive Council that are properly submitted, 
as is provided in the laws of this organization. The 
committee shall carefully examine the evidence brought 
before it, and report a resolution sustaining or dis¬ 
missing the appeal. 

Sec. 12. The above-named committees shall consist 
of such number of delegates, not less than seven, as to 
the President may appear advisable, and the first-named 
member of each committee shall be the chairman. 

Sec. 13. Special committees shall be appointed only 
when it becomes necessary to relieve standing com¬ 
mittees, or advisable when proposed legislation re¬ 
quires -more time for examination and consideration 
than the standing committees can devote thereto. 
Each special committee shall consist of such number 
of delegates, not less than seven, as to the President 
may appear advisable, and no delegate shall be ap¬ 
pointed on such committee unless present at the meet¬ 
ing at which the appointment is made. 

Sec. 14. Every officer of the International Union 
shall put in draft form all proposed legislation that may 
be recommended in his address or report, and lay such 
draft before the proper committees. ■—* 

Sec. 15. Every committee to whom is referred any 
resolution, draft, or amendment of a law, or any amend¬ 
ment or alteration of the Constitution, By-Laws, or Gen¬ 
eral Laws, shall report back the full text of the same, 
with such amendments thereto, or substitute therefor, 
as said committee may deem needful for perfecting such 
proposed legislation. 

Sec. 16. Every committee to whom is referred, with 
or without instruction, any communication, report or 
address, or parts thereof, containing recommendations, 
suggestions, or requests for or of legislation, shall draft 
in proper form the subject-matter to be proposed, as 
made known in said address, report or communication, 
and report the same to the Union. 


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93 


Sec. i 7. A majority of a committee shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 18. All reports of committees shall be presented 
in writing and signed by the members offering the same. 

Sec. 19. Committees shall have authority to indicate 
what argument or data submitted shall be printed in 
the daily proceedings or minutes. 

Article II. —Standing Rules. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. Roll Call and Reading of the Minutes. 

2. Reports of Standing Committees. 

3. Reports of Select Committees. 

4. Petitions, Memorials, Correspondence, etc. 

5. Resolutions, Motions, Notices. 

6. Unfinished Business. 

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 

1. The presiding officer shall take the chair at the 
time appointed for the Union to meet, and immediately 
call the members to order; and, at the instance of ten 
members, may order the attendance of absent members 
who are in the city where and at the time the meetings 
are held. 

2. The presiding officer is empowered to and shall 
preserve order and decorum; and if any member trans¬ 
gresses the rules, the presiding officer shall, or any 
member may, call him to order, in which case the mem¬ 
ber called to order shall immediately resume his seat 
until the point of order has been decided by the presid¬ 
ing officer, or, if appealed, by the Union.. 

3. The presiding officer shall have the right to decide 
all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Union. 

4. The presiding officer shall appoint all committees, 
unless otherwise ordered by the Union. 

THE MEMBERS. 

5. When a member is to make a motion or to speak to 
the question, he shall rise in his seat and respectfully 
address the presiding officer; the presiding officer shall 


94 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

pronounce the name of the member entitled to the floor, 
and the member shall confine himself to the question 
under consideration. 

6. No member shall speak more than twice on any 
question, nor more than ten minutes at any one time, 
without consent of the Union. 

7. Any member may call for a division of the ques¬ 
tion when the same will admit thereof. 

8. Every member present shall vote on a question 
when put, unless the Union, for special reasons as¬ 
signed, shall excuse him. 

9. No member shall leave the room during the ses¬ 
sions of the Union without the permission of the pre¬ 
siding officer. 

MOTIONS. 

10. When a motion is made and seconded it shall be 
deemed to be in possession of the Union, and shall be 
stated by the presiding officer; or, being in writing, 
shall be delivered to the Secretary and read previous to 
debate. 

11. After a motion is stated by the presiding officer, 
or read, it may be withdrawn by the mover, at any time 
previous to an amendment or final decision, by consent 
of the Union. 

12. When a question is under debate, no motion shall 
be received but to adjourn; to lay on the table; for the 
previous question; to postpone to a certain day; to com¬ 
mit, or to amend—which several motions shall have pre¬ 
cedence in the order in which they stand arranged. The 
motion for adjournment shall always be in order; that 
and the motion to lay on the table shall be decided with¬ 
out debate. 

13. A motion for the “order of the day” shall take 
precedence of all other business, except a motion to ad¬ 
journ or a question of privilege. 

14. When a motion or question has once been put and 
carried, it shall be in order for any member who voted 
in the majority to move for a reconsideration thereof; 


CONVENTION LAWS. 


95 

but a motion to reconsider, having been put and lost, 
6hall not be renewed. 

15. No motion to amend the minutes, by striking out 
words or sentences, shall be admissible, unless they 
contain some error of fact or grammar. 

16. All motions and resolutions, unless merely affect¬ 
ing the order of business, shall be submitted in writing. 

1 7 - A motion to suspend the rules must receive the 
concurrence of two-thirds of the members present, and 
shall be decided without debate. 

18. All motions, resolutions, recommendations or de¬ 
cisions of the executive officers that are sustained, in¬ 
tended to be mandatory, and amendments to or altera¬ 
tions of the Constitution, By-Laws or General Laws, 
must be drafted in proper form by party or committee 
submitting them, stating article or section to be 
amended. 

* COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

19. On going into the committee of the whole, the 
presiding officer shall name some member to act as chair¬ 
man of the committee, who shall occupy the chair and 
conduct the business while in committee. 

20. When the committee is ready to report, the chair¬ 
man shall take the floor (the presiding officer resuming 
the chair) and make known in proper form the action 
or result arrived at by the committee, and the same 
shall be entered upon the minutes of the Union. 

THE QUESTION AND VOTE. 

21. All questions, unless otherwise provided for, shall 
be put in or near this form: “As many as are in favor 
of (as the case may be) say Aye; those opposed, No,” 
and in doubtful cases the President may direct, or any 
member call for, a division. 

22. A motion for the previous question shall not be 
entertained unless seconded by twenty-five members of 
the Union and shall be decided without debate. 

23. When so made, the question shall be put in these 


96 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

words: “Shall the main question be now put?” and il 
decided in the affirmative, shall preclude all further 
amendment and debate of the question. When there 
shall be pending amendments, the question shall first be 
taken upon the amendments in their order, and then on 
the main question. 

24. In filling blanks, the largest sum and the longest 
time shall be put first. 

25. The ayes and noes shall be taken and recorded 
upon any question before the Union upon the call of 
twenty-five members, but such call shall not preclude 
amendments before the main question is put. 

26. While the Secretary is calling the ayes and noes, 
the members shall vote inside the bar; and it shall not 
be in order for any member to explain his vote during 
the call, unless unanimous consent of the Union be 
given. 

27. All questions, unless otherwise provided for, shall 
be decided by a majority of the votes cast. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

28. All resolutions, petitions, l norials, etc., shall 
be referred to their appropriate committees without de¬ 
bate, except in cases where there is no opposition to 
their immediate consideration. 

29. To impugn the motives of officers, members, or 
committees, or to use reviling or degrading language 
toward them or the Union, shall be considered a breach 
of order, and punishable by such discipline as the Union 
may see fit to impose. 

30. In the absence of a standing rule, reference shall 
be had to “Roberts’ Rules of Order” as the guide of 
the Union. 

Article III. —Alteration of Convention Laws. 

Section 1. These convention laws may be altered or 
amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present 
at any session of the annual convention, and as amend¬ 
ed may, if so directed, become effective immediately. 


RESOLUTIONS 


BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION 

The following preamble and resolutions were 
adopted unanimously by a rising vote at the Cleve¬ 
land convention. The convention also instructed 
that they be referred to a referendum vote of the 
membership. They were adopted by the member¬ 
ship by a vote of 16,601 to 7,225. 

Whereas, The right of free speech is the dear¬ 
est possession of a free people, and along with this 
priceless right goes the equally precious institution of 
a free press; and 

Whereas, The union printers of North America have 
always been and are the most zealous champions of 
free speech and a free press; and 

Whereas, We realize that the fullest and freest dis¬ 
cussion of the affairs of any organization by the mem¬ 
bership thereof is a vital necessity in the proper man¬ 
agement and control of the organization, and that this 
is essentially true of the International Typographical 
Union, whose interests can only be safeguarded through 
the widest publicity; and 

Whereas, A tendency has developed among the 
members of the International Union to abuse the 
rights of free speech and free publication, recent cam¬ 
paigns for the election of officers having been at¬ 
tended by the publication and circulation of scanda¬ 
lous and defamatory charges, frequently of such na¬ 
ture as to be actionable as libelous and slanderous, 

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and tending to bring into disrepute not only the indi- 
vidual so attacked, but to disgrace the International 
Typographical Union; and 

Whereas, While we are opposed to any effort hav¬ 
ing for its purpose the restriction of the proper exer¬ 
cise of the right of free speech or free publication, we 
reserve the right to reprehend at any time any abuse 
of these rights that may be flagrant or jeopardize the 
good name and reputation of our organization; there¬ 
fore, be it 

Resolved, That we deplore the dangerous tendency 
so manifest to abuse and transcend the rights of free 
speech and free publication by the circulation of 
scandalous and libelous matter, the making of indis¬ 
criminate charges and allegations affecting the private 
character as well as the union standing bf individual 
members of our union, to the ultimate detriment of 
the whole membership; and be it further 

Resolved, That we demand that all members of the 
International Union shall refrain from the abuses of 
free speech and free publication that have made of 
our elections, both International and local, a reproach 
to the good name of our organization and a discredit 
to the trade union movement; and be it further 

Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions in 
their entirety be submitted to the referendum for en¬ 
dorsement. 


1. That the International Union strongly urges upon 
its subordinate bodies the necessity of providing in their 
respective “orders of business” for the discussion of the 
various phases of the labor question. 

2. That it is not contrary to the policy of the Interna¬ 
tional Union for our members to refuse to patronize an 
establishment which has been declared unfair, even 
though said establishment employs in part union men. 

3. The International Union was the first union to de- 



RESOLUTIONS. 


99 


mand that equal wages shall be paid for the same work 
to both sexes in any union office. Recognizing that in¬ 
dustrial evolution has driven women in ever increasing 
numbers into the trades and professions until they con¬ 
stitute a large percentage of the wage earners of the 
country, we believe they should have the same right to 
vote as men for the better defense of their industrial 
position. 

4. That the International Union strongly recommends 
that subordinate unions commence the accumulation of 
a defense fund of $10 per capita, to be provided in such 
manner as the local unions may elect. 

5. The International Union emphatically endorses 
the action of subordinate unions whose scales place all 
composing room employes on an equality. 

6. That the International Union considers it good 
policy for local unions to provide opportunity for their 
members to learn the operation of typesetting machines. 

7. That, as there are a large number of secret and 
fraternal organizations that do not use the union label 
on their printing, members of subordinate unions re¬ 
quest organizations of which they are members to have 
the union label appear on all printed matter. 

8. That the International Union renews its demand 
that the label shall appear upon all text books used in 
the public schools, and subordinate unions are directed 
to appoint committees to work with that end in view. 

9. That the subordinate unions of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union be encouraged to work for 
a still more efficient workmanship among their mem¬ 
bers and apprentices. 

10. That the organization of label leagues composed 
of delegates from all labor unions, and organized on 
the lines of central bodies, as illustrated by the Union 
Label League of Denver, for the purpose of advancing 
the interests of all labels recognized by the American 
Federation of Labor, be endorsed; and that the Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union recommend to all sub- 


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ordinate unions that they use their best efforts to se¬ 
cure the organization of such label leagues in all cities 
where a subordinate union exists. 

11. That all subordinate unions be requested to ap¬ 
point a standing committee on supplementary educa¬ 
tion. 

12. That all candidates for public office be requested 
to have the union label on all their business as well as 
political printing. 

13. That the membership give its best endeavors 
toward persistent local label agitation. This work by 
local unions has produced excellent results wherever 
the members have concentrated their energies and in¬ 
sisted that the label appear upon printed matter. 

14. That subordinate unions organize wherever prac¬ 
ticable and render such assistance as may seem advisable 
to maintain in their respective localities an organiza¬ 
tion of apprentices after the plan of the Junior Typo¬ 
graphical Union No. 1, of Denver, Colo., for the pur¬ 
pose of instilling in the minds of its members prin¬ 
ciples of unionism and to assist them in securing the 
benefits of International and local laws enacted for 
their advancement. 

15. The International Union urges upon all unions 
the advisability and necessity of subscribing for the 
bona fide labor press (if any exist in their jurisdic¬ 
tion) as unions for all the members of the local union, 
to be paid for from the treasury of the local union, 
and render further support, such as patronizing of its 
advertisers to the exclusion of others, provided also 
that unfair firms or merchandise are not advertised 
in its columns, to the end that the value of its col¬ 
umns as an advertising medium may be fully appreci¬ 
ated by the friendly element of its community. 

16. That the International Typographical Union 
stands eternally opposed to all legislation curtailing 
the individual liberties of the American people. 

17. That local unions are urged to adopt laws to 


RESOLUTIONS. 


IOI 


prohibit spitting- on floors of composing rooms. That 
the International Typographical Union recommends 
the use of individual drinking cups in all composing 
rooms under its jurisdiction. 

18. That chairmen of offices under the jurisdiction 
of subordinate unions shall recognize the current 
working card of traveling inspectors and repairmen 
of typesetting machine companies, in so far as may 
be necessary to permit of the repair or inspection of 
machines. 

19. That the International Typographical Union 
endorses the work of the state and district unions, 
and urges upon all subordinate unions to make efforts 
to form such organizations in the several states and 
the provinces of the Dominion of Canada. 

20. That the delegates to this convention and the 
secretaries of the various subordinate unions are here¬ 
by instructed to use their best effort to instil greater 
interest among the membership to a more consistent 
perusal of The Typographical Journal, and the pro¬ 
ceedings of the convention which appear therein. 

21. That local unions enact laws looking to a closer 
scrutiny of applicants for membership as to their com¬ 
petency. 

22. That the International Union urges upon all 
unions the advisability and necessity of subscribing 
for the bona fide labor press (if any exist in their 
jurisdiction) as unions for all the members of the lo¬ 
cal unions, to be paid for from the treasury of the 
local union, and render further support, such as pa¬ 
tronizing of its advertisers to the exclusion of others, 
provided also that unfair firms of merchandise are not 
advertised in its columns, to the end that the value of 
its columns as an advertising medium may be fully ap¬ 
preciated by the friendly element of its community. 

23. That specializing in a branch of the craft is to 
the detriment of the apprentice, and that wherever 
possible local unions shall see that apprentices shall 


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be given all opportunities possible to learn every 
branch of the craft, and shall endeavor to have a 
clause to that effect incorporated in their agreements 
with the employers. That we again impress upon lo¬ 
cal unions the necessity of organizing the apprentices 
into junior typographical unions and the need of in¬ 
ducing the apprentices to take the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union course of instruction, to the end 
that the apprentice of today may be the printer of to¬ 
morrow. 

24. That the International Typographical Union is 
in full sympathy with the movement to establish state, 
district and provincial typographical conferences 
throughout the jurisdiction. A number of these or¬ 
ganizations have already been established and have 
proven of great benefit to local unions in an advisory 
capacity and in cementing the interests of journey¬ 
men printers working under similar conditions. It is 
therefore recommended that the movement be extend¬ 
ed and that local unions be urged to co-operate in the 
work of these organizations, to which the International 
Typographical Union gives its approval and pledges its 
support. 

25. Whereas, Millions of dollars have been spent 
under the administration of President Lynch without 
suspicion of theft or graft; and 

Whereas, It has become a practice during campaigns 
for the election of International officers to insinuate 
that those serving us were dishonest and unworthy our 
confidence in every way; and 

Whereas, These insinuations and near-charges have 
never been brought forward in a legitimate manner 
after the election is over; and 

Whereas, This practice exposes the thoughtlessness 
or insincerity of those making the unsupported 
charges, and injures the organization by parading the 
lack of character of some of its members; and 

Whereas, This pernicious practice in the past is a 


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103 


vicious violation of the spirit and letter of that clause 
of our obligation in which every member solemnly de¬ 
clares that he “will not wrong a member or see him 
or her wronged;” therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the International Typographical 
Union, in convention assembled, denounces the custom 
of maligning and slandering our officers that has made 
our election campaigns the marvel of other trade 
unionists and a disgrace to our organization; and, be 
it further 

Resolved, That we congratulate the membership at 
large on its prescience in always ignoring the fulmina- 
tions of those mistaken, misguided or vicious malign¬ 
ers and slanderers, and compliment the officers on 
the remarkable records attained by them in the dis¬ 
charge of their trusts; and, be it also 

Resolved, That these preambles and resolutions be 
printed in full in our book of laws. 


UNION PRINTERS HOME 


CHARTER 

Know all Men by These Presents: That we, Au¬ 
gust Donath, of the city of Washington, in the District 
of Columbia; John D. Vaughan, of the city of Denver, 
in the state of Colorado; William S. McClevey, of the 
city of Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana; James J. 
Dailey, of the city of Philadelphia, in the state of 
Pennsylvania; Edward T. Plank, of the city of San 
Francisco, in the state of California; Columbus Hall, of 
the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia; 
Frank S. Pelton, of the city of Chicago, in the state of 
Illinois; Amos J. Cummings, of the city of New York, 
in the state of New York; William Aimison, of the city 
of Nashville, in the state of Tennessee; William H. 
Parr, of the city of Toronto, in the Dominion of Can¬ 
ada; Will Lambert, of the city of Houston, in the state 
of Texas; and James G. Woodward and George W. 
Morgan, both of the city of Atlanta, in the state of 
Georgia, being all and the survivors of all the members 
and original incorporators of The Union Printers 
Home, a corporation organized heretofore, to wit: on 
the twenty-fourth day of September, A. D. 1890, under 
and in accordance with the laws of the state of Colo¬ 
rado, providing for the organization of corporations for 
non-profitable purposes, do hereby make, execute and 
acknowledge in this certificate of writing, all pursuant 
of the recommendation of the Board of Trustees of said 
corporation by resolution expressed, our intention so to 
alter and amend the articles of incorporation of said 
The Union Printers Home, to the end that its objects 
shall be more fully defined and its purposes more eco¬ 
nomically and prudentially executed and administered 
as that: 


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UNION PRINTERS HOME. 105 

First —The corporate name and style of the corpora* 
tion shall be The Union Printers Home. 

Second —The objects and purposes for which said 
corporation is formed are to provide and maintain a 
home for afflicted and aged and infirm union printers, 
and to procure and furnish such means, care and atten¬ 
tion as may be required for the comfort and treatment 
of persons domiciled at said Union Printers Home, re¬ 
serving to the Board of Trustees thereof the manage¬ 
ment and control of said Union Printers Home and 
the power to exclude therefrom persons suffering from 
such diseases as said Board of Trustees may deem it in¬ 
expedient to admit, contemplating the suppression of 
vice and immorality, the advancement of skill, order 
and health, and the promotion of industry and happi¬ 
ness among and in the craft of printers; to provide 
for the support, care and maintenance of families of 
persons then or theretofore domiciled at said Home; 
to receive devises and bequests and to accept and 
execute trusts not inconsistent with its objects and 
purposes. 

Third —The membership of said corporation shall at 
no time exceed seven. No person shall be eligible to 
membership therein except members in good standing 
of the International Typographical Union. The eligi¬ 
bility of candidates for membership in this corporation 
shall be determined by the members thereof at their 
annual meetings, or at any other meeting called for that 
purpose: Provided, however, That no candidate shall 
be considered except he shall have been recommended 
by the International Typographical Union, and in con¬ 
sidering such candidate priority shall be given in the 
inverse order of the recommendations. Existing vacan¬ 
cies in the membership, whether caused by death, resig¬ 
nation or otherwise, shall be filled at the meeting of 
membe's first succeeding the occurrence of such va¬ 
cancy. 

Fourth —The prudential affairs of said corporation 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


106 

shall be managed and controlled by a Board of Trus¬ 
tees having seven members. The Board of Trustees may 
make by-laws and from time to time may alter, amend 
or repeal any by-law. Standing or special committees 
may be appointed as provided by the by-laws, and 
such committees shall have and may exercise such 
powers as shall be conferred or authorized by the 
Board or by the by-laws. 

Fifth —Such of the original incorporators of said cor¬ 
poration as may not be herein named as succeeding 
members shall be deemed to have resigned, and it is 
now hereby agreed and declared that such succeeding 
members shall be and are: August Donath, James J. 
Dailey, Frank S. Pelton, Edward T. Plank, W. S. Me- 
Clevey, Columbus Hall, James G. Woodward. 

Sixth —The names of the members of said Board of 
Trustees who have been selected to act as such during 
the first year of the existence of said corporation under 
these amended articles of incorporation are: August 
Donath, James J. Dailey, Edward T. Plank, Frank S. 
Pelton, William S. McClevey, Columbus Hall and 
James G. Woodward. 

In Testimony Whereof, We have hereunto set our 
hands and seals this 19th day of April, A. D. 1892. 


August Donath, 

John D. Vaughan, [S<?a/.] 

William S. McClevey, [SVa/.] 
James J. Dailey, 

Edward T. Plank, [SVa/.] 

Signed, sealed and Columbus Hall, [Seal.] 

delivered in pres- Frank S. Pelton, [Seal.] 

ence of: Amos J. Cummings, [Seal.] 

William Aimison, [5Va/.] 

W. H. Parr, [ 5 Va/.] 

Will Lambert, [Sea/.] 

James G. Woodward, 

George W. Morgan. 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


10 7 


CONSTITUTION 


Article I. 

The name of this corporation is The Union Print¬ 
ers Home. 

Article II. 

This corporation is formed to provide and maintain a 
home for invalid and aged and infirm members in good 
standing of the International Typographical Union of 
North America, a voluntary association (unincorpo¬ 
rated) whose principal office is located at the city of In¬ 
dianapolis, in the state of Indiana, and to procure and 
furnish such means, care and attention as may be re¬ 
quired for the comfort and treatment of persons domi¬ 
ciled at said Union Printers Home, reserving to the 
Board of Trustees thereof the power to exclude there¬ 
from persons suffering from such diseases as such 
Board of Trustees may deem it inexpedient to admit, 
contemplating the suppression of vice and immorality, 
the advancement of skill, order and health, and the 
promotion of industry and happiness among and in the 
craft of printers. 

Article III. 

The domicile of this corporation shall be at the Home 
by it maintained at the city of Colorado Springs, in the 
state of Colorado, but its principal executive office shall 
be at the city of Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana. 

Article IV. 

This corporation shall have a perpetual existence. 

Article V. 

The membership of said corporation shall at no time 
exceed seven. No person shall be eligible either to 



108 UNION PRINTERS HOME. 

election to membership or to the retention of member¬ 
ship therein except members in good standing of said 
International Typographical Union. The eligibility of 
candidates for membership in this corporation shall be 
determined by the members thereof at their annual 
meeting or at any other meeting called for that purpose: 
Provided, however, That no candidate shall be consid¬ 
ered except he shall have been recommended by said 
International Typographical Union, and in considering 
such candidates, priority shall be given in the inverse 
order of the recommendations. Existing vacancies in 
the membership, whether caused by death, resignation 
or otherwise, shall be filled at the meeting of members 
first succeeding the occurrence of such vacancy. Any 
member of this corporation may be expelled for ineligi¬ 
bility, or for the commission of an indictable offense, or 
for violation or wilful disregard of his duties of mem¬ 
bership. Such expulsion may be effected by a two- 
thirds vote of any regular meeting or at any special 
meeting called for that purpose, at which a quorum is 
present in person or by proxy. 

Article VI. 

This corporation may, by its proper officers, accept 
property, real, personal or mixed, in trust, and pursu¬ 
ant of such acceptance may act as trustee: Provided, 
however, That no trust shall be accepted nor shall any 
act as trustee be done, inconsistent with the objects and 
purposes for which this corporation was created, or 
which would divert said corporation from the proper ad¬ 
ministration of its affairs. 

Article VII. 

The powers and duties of officers, the manner of cre¬ 
ating or filling vacancies in the membership or in any 
office or on any board or committee, the time and place 
of meetings and the method of procedure thereat, and 
all other matters pertinent to the management and ''on- 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 109 

trol of the affairs of said corporation not herein pro¬ 
vided for shall be prescribed by the By-Laws. 

Article VIII. 

No alterations or amendments shall be made in this 
Constitution except at a regular meeting of the members 
or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and after 
one month’s notice in writing has been given to each 
member of the substance of the proposed change. No 
change shall be made except by a two-thirds vote of any 
competent meeting, at which a quorum is present in 
person or by proxy. 


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UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


BY-LAWS 


Article I.— Membership. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of each member of 
this corporation to preserve his good standing as a mem¬ 
ber of the International Typographical Union of North 
America, a voluntary association (unincorporated), 
whose principal office is located at the city of Indian¬ 
apolis, in the state of Indiana, to comply with its orders 
and regulations, and to discharge faithfully his duties 
and -obligations thereto, for as much as this corporation 
is sustained by the members of that union, and for as 
much as the objects and purposes of the two bodies are 
similar in this, to wit: That each contemplates the sup¬ 
pression of vice and immorality, the advancement of 
skill, order and health, and the promotion of industry 
and happiness among and in the craft of printers. 

Sec. 2. Any member of this corporation who shall 
have ceased to be a member in good standing of said 
International Typographical Union, or who shall have 
otherwise become liable to expulsion from this corpora¬ 
tion, shall forthwith, upon the occurrence of such delin¬ 
quency, be notified in writing of that fact by the Secre¬ 
tary of the corporation, or if he be disqualified by in¬ 
terest or refuse to act, then by any member of the 
Board of Trustees. Such notice shall call for the resig¬ 
nation of such delinquent member. If the member so 
notified be not within thirty days thereafter heard from, 
he shall be deemed to have resigned, and the proper 
officer of the corporation shall thereupon enter on rec¬ 
ord in the books of the corporation the fact of such res¬ 
ignation, and shall forthwith proceed as hereinafter 
provided for the filling of vacancies. But if such de¬ 
linquent member upon being so notified shall answer 



UNION PRINTEkS HOME. 


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that the charges against him are not true or that he re¬ 
fuses to resign, then he may be expelled from member¬ 
ship as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 3. Expulsion of a member shall be by a two- 
thirds vote of any regular meeting, or any special meet¬ 
ing called for that purpose, at which a quorum of the 
members is present in person or by proxy. Any mem¬ 
ber who believes that any other member has by miscon¬ 
duct become liable to expulsion shall, as a privileged 
communication, report in writing his reasons for such 
belief to the Secretary, or if the Secretary be the per¬ 
son who is so delinquent, then to the several members. 
If the Secretary, or otherwise a majority of the mem¬ 
bers, deem the reasons so stated sufficient to warrant an 
investigation, the person so accused shall be notified of 
the substance of the charges made, and shall be re¬ 
quested to resign, or, upon refusal, to be prepared to 
make his defense against the charges at a time and 
place to be in said notice named: Provided, however, 
That thirty days’ time be given between the filing of 
charges and the investigation thereof. At such meeting 
the charges made and the answer of the accused shall be 
fully investigated. Upon the conclusion of such inves¬ 
tigation a vote shall be taken on the question, “Have 
the charges made been sustained?” If the requisite 
vote be cast in the affirmative, the accused shall thereby 
be deemed expelled. The proceedings of meetings as to 
the expulsion of members shall be strictly private and 
all communications made thereat shall be privileged. 

Sec. 4. Each person upon his election to membership 
in this corporation, and as a condition precedent to his 
competency to enter upon the discharge of his duties as 
such, shall appear before some person qualified by law 
to administer oaths, and make and subscribe to the fol¬ 
lowing obligation, to wit: 


I, . , of the city of . 

in the state of .. do solemnly swear that 


I will support the Articles of Incorporation, the Con 





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UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


stitution and By-Laws and all orders, rules and regula¬ 
tions of The Union Printers Home; that I will faith¬ 
fully discharge the duties of any office or position to 
which I may be called as a member of said corporation; 
that at the expiration of my term of membership I will 
tender to said corporation my resignation as such mem¬ 
ber and will surrender to said corporation at the same 
time all property, rights and things to it belonging and 
in my possession or under my control; that at any time 
during my incumbency in any office or position in said 
corporation I will, when called upon so to do by any 
authorized officer or agent, make a detailed report of 
the condition of any or all matters in my keeping or 
under my control, and that I will furnish every facility 
within my power for the verification of such report by 
the inspection of books and papers, or otherwise, as 
may be required. 

Any breach of this obligation shall be deemed un¬ 
lawful, and for any damage sustained thereby on the 
part of said corporation or any person interested as 
cestui que trust in any property by it held, I agree that 
judgment may be taken against me in any court of 
competent jurisdiction, collectible with attorney’s fees 
and without the benefit of exemption and without relief 
of valuation or appraisement laws. 


Before me . in and for the city of 

. in the county of . and state of 

. personally came the above named . 

. and voluntarily made and subscribed to the 

foregoing obligation. 

Witness my hand and official seal this . day of 

• •••••• ......... rl. D, ip • . 


(Official character.) . 

Such obligation, when executed, shall be forthwith 
forwarded to the Secretary of the corporation, who 












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shall, upon receipt thereof, issue to such member a cer¬ 
tificate of membership, which shall entitle the person 
therein named to assume the duties of membership in 
said corporation. 

Article II.—Meetings. 

Section i. The fiscal year of the corporation shall 
end annually on the first Saturday after the first Mon¬ 
day in November, and on that day the annual meeting 
of the members shall be held at such hour as shall be 
named in the notice thereof. Such meetings shall be 
held for the purpose of receiving and acting on the an¬ 
nual reports of officers, of electing new members and 
officers and of transacting such other business as may 
properly come before the meeting. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the members may be 
called at any time by the President, or by any three 
members, on thirty days’ notice in writing being given 
to each member. A copy of such notice, mailed to each 
member at his place of residence, as shown by the Sec¬ 
retary’s books, shall be deemed sufficient notice. The 
notice of call of each meeting, except regular meetings, 
shall state the substance of such business as may come 
before said meeting, and no business shall be transacted 
at such special meeting except it shall have been so 
stated. 

Sec. 3. All votes shall be by ballot. 

Sec. 4. At meetings of the members the order of 
business shall be as follows: 

First —Roll call of (1) officers and (2) members. 

Second —Reading and correcting minutes of last 
meeting. 

Third —Communications. 

Fourth —Reports of officers. 

Fifth —Reports of standing committees. 

Sixth —Reports of special committees. 

Seventh —Unfinished business. 

Eighth —New business. 


114 UNION PRINTERS HOME. 

Ninth —Election of (i) members and (2) officers. 

Tenth —Installation of (1) members and (2) officers. 

Eleventh —Adj ournment. 

Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees of the Union Printers 
Home shall meet annually at the Union Printers Home 
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on such date as they 
may select, all expenses of said meeting to be defrayed 
from The Union Printers Home Fund. The mode of 
procedure herein prescribed as to meetings of members 
of the corporation shall govern in the meetings of the 
Board of Trustees and all committees in so far as it 
may be applicable. 

Article III.— Officers. 

Section i. There shall be elected by the members of 
the corporation a Board of Trustees of seven members, 
who shall manage the prudential affairs of the corpora¬ 
tion, and be the supreme authority in all matters of ad¬ 
ministration. At the first election three of said Trus¬ 
tees shall be elected for the term of one year, two for 
two years and two for three years. As said terms re¬ 
spectively expire, successors shall be elected for terms 
of three years, except in cases of filling an unexpired 
term; then the election shall be for such time as the 
original incumbent would have served. Said board 
shall organize by electing annually a President, a Vice- 
President, and a Secretary-Treasurer, who shall hold 
their respective offices until their successors are elected 
and qualified. 

PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to 
preside at the meetings of members and of the Board 
of Trustees and to preserve order therein; to enforce 
compliance with the Articles of Incorporation, the 
Constitution and By-Laws, and all orders and regula¬ 
tions of the corporation; to call special meetings of 
the corporation when requested in writing so to do 
by two-thirds of the members; and to see that all 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. Il 5 

property of the corporation or in its control is prop¬ 
erly cared for. He shall see that all moneys belonging 
to the corporation are properly deposited in responsi¬ 
ble banks, in the name of the corporation, as such, 
and money shall be drawn from such fund only by 
check signed by the President and Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer of the corporation. 

He shall appoint all committees and shall be ex 
officio a member thereof. He may suspend any officer 
or agent of the corporation, pending action of the 
Board of Trustees or of the members, as the case 
may be; if, in his judgment, the welfare of the cor¬ 
poration requires such action. He shall annually ap¬ 
point the following standing committees of the Board 
of Trustees, to consist of three members each: Finance, 
Admission and Rules, and one member of the Execu¬ 
tive Committee, who, with the President and Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer, shall constitute that committee. He 
shall do all such other acts as are ordinarily incum¬ 
bent upon the chief executive officer of a corporation. 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 3. In the event of the death or resignation of 
the President, or his inability or failure to perform his 
duties, the Vice-President shall perform all the duties 
and have all the powers of the President. 

SECRETARY-TREASURER. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the rec¬ 
ords of the corporation. He shall record in books 
kept for that purpose the names and postoffice ad¬ 
dresses of the members of the corporation, the dates 
on which they were respectively elected, the names of 
officers and committees and the proceedings of meet¬ 
ings of the members and the Board. The Secretary- 
Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys be¬ 
longing to the corporation and of all certificates of 
loan or other evidences of investments, which he shall 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


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exhibit once a year, or oftener, if required by the 
President, or by the Board of Trustees; he shall, un¬ 
der the direction of the President, deposit all funds in 
some responsible bank or banks, in the name of the 
corporation, and shall procure interest thereon when 
possible and cover the same into the treasury of the 
corporation; he shall disburse moneys only by check 
signed by the President and the Secretary-Treasurer; 
he shall keep a full and correct account of all moneys 
received and of all moneys disbursed; he shall pay 
only such bills as are approved by the finance commit¬ 
tee or the President; he shall give a bond to the cor¬ 
poration from a solvent guarantee company in the sum 
of $25,000, and shall, as to each separate fund or prop¬ 
erty held in trust by the corporation, give a bond to 
the Board of Trustees, as trustees for such fund or 
property, in such sum as the instrument creating such 
trust shall direct. All bonds shall be conditioned for 
the faithful performance of his duties. The Secretary- 
Treasurer shall also furnish the Board with a monthly 
statement of receipts and disbursements, and shall also 
publish the same each month in The Typographical 
Journal. He shall perform such other duties as are 
ordinarily incumbent upon the secretary-treasurer of a 
corporation or board of trustees. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 5. The Executive Committee shall have power to 
do any acts relating to the affairs of the company which 
the Board of Trustees could lawfully do, and which the 
Board of Trustees may entrust to said committee. It 
may meet from time to time, and may adjourn from 
place to place as it thinks proper for carrying into effect 
the purposes of its appointment. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 6. The Finance Committee shall audit all ac¬ 
counts and claims and shall in writing report upon the 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 117 

feasibility of all contemplated expenditures of an ex¬ 
traordinary character. 

ADMISSION COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 7. The Admission Committee shall, before any 
action is taken on any application for membership in 
the corporation or for admission to any institution or 
place under the control of this corporation, examine the 
qualifications of the applicant, and if such person be 
ineligible in the opinion of the committee, the applica¬ 
tion shall be rejected, but the right of appeal shall lie 
to the Board of Trustees from any decision of the com¬ 
mittee. 

COMMITTEE ON RULES. 

Sec. 8. The Committee on Rules shall have the pow¬ 
ers and perform the duties ordinarily incumbent upon 
judiciary committees. It shall act co-ordinately with 
the Solicitor of the corporation in all matters referred 
to it by the President or Board of Trustees, or any 
other committee thereof. It shall prescribe the rules 
for the government of servants of the corporation and 
for the conduct and behavior of persons admitted to any 
institution or place under the control of the corpora¬ 
tion. 


Article IV.— Servants of the Corporation. 

Section i. The President shall, with the concurrence 
of the Board of Trustees, appoint a Superintendent and 
Matron for each institution under the management and 
control of the corporation, who shall reside upon the 
premises and who shall not be discharged except for 
cause and with the concurrence of the Board of Trus¬ 
tees. The Superintendent shall purchase all supplies 
needed by the institution and shall keep an account 
thereof; he shall make a detailed report each month to 
the Finance Committee. The Matron shall have charge 
of the household duties of the Home; she shall procure 
all needed supplies from the Superintendent, keeping a 


1 1 8 UNION PRINTERS HOME. 

correct account thereof and reporting monthly to the 
Finance Committee. The compensation of the Super¬ 
intendent and Matron shall be fixed by the Board ot 
Trustees. 

Sec. 2. The President may annually appoint a Solic¬ 
itor, who shall attend to the legal business of the cor¬ 
poration. 

Article V. —Admission of Inmates. 

Section i. Every application for admission into any 
institution under the management and control of this 
corporation shall be made in writing, setting forth the 
name, age and residence of the applicant, and such 
other information as the Committee on Admission may 
require, contemplating the competency of such person to 
share in the benefits and resources of the fund or trust 
to which his application is directed. All nominations 
shall be received by the Secretary and recorded in the 
order of presentation in a book kept for that purpose, 
and shall be referred upon receipt to the Committee on 
Admission, upon whose favorable report the application 
shall be accepted and the applicant admitted. 

Sec. 2. Each candidate for admission shall make ap¬ 
plication through the subordinate union of said Inter¬ 
national Typographical Union of which the applicant 
may be a member in good standing. Each applicant 
shall be endorsed by the president and secretary of the 
subordinate union to which the candidate belongs, and 
the seal of the union shall be attached thereto. 

Article VI. —Reorganization of the Corporation. 

Whereas, There has of recent date been a reorgan¬ 
ization of this corporation, made pursuant of a resolu¬ 
tion adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Union 
Printers Home, as organized on the 24th day of Sep¬ 
tember, A. D. 1890, which resolution was as follows, to 
wit: 

Whereas, It has been reported to this corporation by 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


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its Solicitor that a reorganization is requisite in order to 
accomplish more readily and economically the purposes 
for which the corporation was formed; and, 

Whereas, It is desirable that this corporation be com¬ 
petent to execute trusts consistent with its own pur¬ 
poses; therefore, be it 

Resolved, That steps be taken forthwith to reorganize 
this corporation, to the ends following, to wit: 

First —That the number of members of the corpora¬ 
tion be reduced from thirteen to seven. 

Second —That a Board of Trustees be created with 
power to manage and control the prudential affairs of 
the corporation, and with authority to delegate duties to 
competent committees to the end that the administration 
of the affairs of the corporation may be attended with 
less expense. 

Third —That the corporation be made competent to 
accept and execute trusts consistent with its own pur¬ 
poses. 

Fourth —That such other functions and duties may be 
defined and assumed as are consistent with the general 
design of the corporation, and as were contemplated in 
its original organization, but defectively provided for; 
and 

Whereas, At the time of said reorganization and as 
a means of effecting the same, the following named per¬ 
sons resigned their membership therein and released 
and surrendered all their rights, privileges, benefits and 
advantages thereunto appertaining, to wit: John D. 
Vaughan, Amos J. Cummings, George W. Morgan, Will 
Lambert, William Aimison, William H. Parr. 

Now, Therefore, Be it resolved and enacted as a by¬ 
law of this corporation, that all the acts of and essential 
to said reorganization, on the part of said John D. 
Vaughan, Amos J. Cummings, George W. Morgan, Will 
Lambert, William Aimison, William H. Parr, and of 
said The Union Printers Home as originally incorpo¬ 
rated by, and the same are hereby in all respects con- 


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firmed, ratified and adopted by this corporation as the 
acts of this corporation, and that any and every liability 
of said parties on account of such reorganization be and 
the same are hereby assumed by this corporation. 

Article VII.— The Home at Colorado Springs. 

Whereas, The members of the International Typo¬ 
graphical Union of North America have, by their indi¬ 
vidual efforts and with their separate means procured 
land for the required site therefor, and the erection and 
construction at Colorado Springs, in the state of Colo¬ 
rado, of an institution or home for invalid and aged and 
infirm members, in good standing, of the said Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union; and 

Whereas, The said members have in like manner and 
by like means provided an endowment for said institu¬ 
tion or home, by which the same may be maintained and 
supported; and 

Whereas, The objects and purposes of said Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union and of this corporation are 
similar and alike in this, to wit: That each contemplates 
the suppression of vice and immorality, the advancement 
of skill, order and health, and the promotion of industry 
and happiness among and in the craft of printers; and 
Whereas, This corporation is supported and main¬ 
tained by the members of said International Typograph¬ 
ical Union; and 

Whereas, Said institution or Union Printers Home 
at Colorado Springs is now completed and ready for oc¬ 
cupancy and the equitable title thereto is vested in 
trustees of the members of said union; and 

Whereas, With the belief that said Union Printers 
Home could be more economically and prudentially 
managed by this corporation than by the members of 
said union, who are of great number and widely scat¬ 
tered over the United States and Canada, it has been 
proposed that this corporation take in trust for said 
members the title to said Home. 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


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Now, Therefore, Be it resolved and enacted as a by¬ 
law of this corporation, that the deed of trust for said 
land, executed on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1892, to 
this corporation be, and the same is hereby accepted, 
and this corporation, pursuant of such acceptance, un¬ 
dertakes to act as trustee in carrying out the trust by 
said deed created and which is expressed in the words 
and figures following, to wit: 

“This Deed, Made this seventeenth day of May, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-two, between Edward T. Plank, William S. Mc- 
Clevey and Columbus Hall, as trustees for the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union of North America, a volun¬ 
tary association (unincorporated), whose principal office 
is located at the city of Indianapolis, in the state of In¬ 
diana, parties of the first part, and the Union Printers 
Home, a corporation organized under and by virtue of 
the laws of the state of Colorado providing for the or¬ 
ganization of corporations for non-profitable purposes, 
party of the second part. 

“Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part, by 
virtue of the authority in them confided as said trustees, 
and in consideration of the conditions and the trust and 
confidence hereinafter recited, defined and declared. 

“Have granted, bargained, sold and conveyed and by 
these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey and 
confirm unto the said party of the second part as said 
trustee, to successors and assigns forever, all the follow¬ 
ing described lots and parcels of land situate, lying and 
being in the county of El Paso, in the state of Colorado, 
to wit: The west half of the southwest quarter of sec¬ 
tion sixteen (16), township fourteen (14) south, range 
sixty-six (66) west, containing eighty (80) acres, more 
or less, together with all and singular the hereditaments 
and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise 
appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remain¬ 
der and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof and 
all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand 


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whatsoever of the said parties of the first part, or either 
of them, either in law or in equity of, in, and to the 
above bargained premises with the hereditaments and 
appurtenances. 

“To have and to hold the said premises above bar¬ 
gained and described with the appurtenances unto the 
party of the second part as said trustees, its successors 
and assigns forever. 

“Provided, always, And this conveyance is made upon 
the express condition of the performance of the trust 
and confidence herein and hereby declared, as follows, 
to wit: 

“Whereas, The members of the said International 
Typographical Union of North America have by their 
individual efforts and with their separate means pro¬ 
cured the above described land for a situs, and the erec¬ 
tion and construction thereon of an institution or home 
for invalid and aged and infirm members in good stand¬ 
ing of the said International Typographical Union; and 

“Whereas, The said members have in like manner 
and by like means provided an endowment for said in¬ 
stitution or home by which the same may be maintained 
and supported; and 

“Whereas, The objects and purposes of said Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union and of said grantee herein, 
viz.: The Union Printers Home, are similar and alike 
in this, to wit: That each contemplates the suppression 
of vice and immorality, the advancement of skill, order 
and health, and the promotion of industry and happi¬ 
ness among and in the craft of printers; and 

“Whereas, Said institution or home is now completed 
and ready for occupancy and the title thereto is vested 
in trustees of the members of said union; and 

“Whereas, Said Home could be more economically 
and prudently managed by said The Union Printers 
Home than by the members of said International Typo¬ 
graphical Union, who are of great number and widely 
scattered over the United States and Canada. 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


123 


“Now, Therefore, To obtain and secure these desir¬ 
able ends, and for no other purpose, this deed of con¬ 
veyance is executed, vesting in said corporation, as trus¬ 
tee, the title of and to said real estate: 

“First —Out of and with funds provided by the said 
International Typographical Union of North America 
the said party of the second part shall supply said insti¬ 
tution or home with plain and suitable furniture, ap¬ 
paratus and all other matters needful to carry the gen¬ 
eral design of this trust into execution. 

“Second —After said institution or home shall have 
been supplied with plain and suitable furniture, appara¬ 
tus and all other matters needful to carry into execution 
the general design of this trust, the unexpended residue 
of the endowment provided by said International Typo¬ 
graphical Union and the income, issues and profits 
thereof, together with any incomes, issues and profits 
arising from and out of the sale or lease of any part of 
the above described land shall be applied to maintaining 
the said institution or home according to the directions 
herein. 

“Third —Forthwith upon said party of the second part 
entering into possession under this deed, the Treasurer 
of said corporation shall execute to said corporation his 
good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of $25,000, 
lawful moneys of the United States, conditioned upon 
the faithful performance of his duties as such Treasurer 
in caring for the funds and property of this trust which 
may come into his possession. Such bond shall be exe¬ 
cuted in compliance with the laws of the state of Colo¬ 
rado and shall be construed according to said laws. 
Annually thereafter said Treasurer shall in like manner 
execute a similar bond: Provided, however. That the 
penal sum of any subsequent bond so given shall be in 
such amount as said corporation by its proper officers 
may direct. 

“Fourth —That said institution or Union Printers 
Home shall be organized as soon as practicable by the 


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selection of competent officers and servants, and to ac¬ 
complish that end more effectually due notice of the in¬ 
tended opening shall be given. 

“Fifth —A competent number of officers, physicians 
and surgeons, nurses, servants, and other necessary 
agents shall be selected, and when needful their places 
from time to time be supplied. They shall receive ade¬ 
quate compensation for their services; but no person 
shall be employed who shall not be of tried skill in his 
or her proper department, of established moral charac¬ 
ter, and in all cases persons shall be chosen on account 
of their merits and not through intrigue or favor: Pro¬ 
vided, however. Nothing herein shall prevent any in¬ 
mate of said Union Printers Home from rendering 
such gratuitous service as he may be able and willing 
to render. 

“Sixth —As many invalid and aged and infirm mem¬ 
bers of said International Typographical Union as the 
endowment shall be adequate to maintain in said Union 
Printers Home, shall be introduced into the Union 
Printers Home as soon as possible, and from time to 
time as there may be vacancies or as increased ability 
from income may warrant others shall be introduced. 

“Seventh —On the application for admission an ac¬ 
curate statement shall be taken in a book prepared for 
the purpose, of the name, birthplace, age, health, con¬ 
dition as to relations, place from which sent, and other 
particulars useful to be known of each person admitted. 

“Eighth —No person shall be admitted as an inmate 
of said Union Printers Home, except members in good 
standing of said International Typographical Union of 
North America, and such eligibility shall be determined 
by the proper authority of said corporation upon the 
facts presented in the application for admission. Pro¬ 
vided, however, That in case Of emergency, the Presi¬ 
dent of the corporation may, on proper showing of ur¬ 
gency, admit an applicant to said Union Printers Home, 
pending investigation of the eligibility of said applicant 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


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to share the bounty of this trust: And provided, further. 
That the power be and it is hereby reserved to the Board 
of Trustees of said The Union Printers Home to ex¬ 
clude therefrom persons suffering from such diseases as 
said Board may deem it inexpedient to admit, contem¬ 
plating the suppression of vice and immorality, the ad¬ 
vancement of skill, order and health, and the promotion 
of industry and happiness among and in the craft of 
printers. 

“Ninth —Those persons whose admission application 
shall first be made shall be first introduced, all other 
things concurring, and at all future times priority of 
applications shall entitle the applicant to preference in 
admission, all other things concurring; but if there shall 
be at any time more applicants than vacancies, and the 
applicants be suffering from different afflictions, or be 
of different degrees of infirmity, then a preference shall 
be given (i) to the afflicted as against the infirm; (2) to 
those of the afflicted to whom the greatest probable good 
can be done by admission as against those to whom a 
less degree of good is probable; and (3) to those of the 
infirm whose infirmity is greatest. In all things it shall 
be the duty of said trustee, its officers and servants in 
the administration of the affairs of this trust to contem¬ 
plate doing the greatest good with the resources at hand 
to the end that the welfare of this trust shall be con¬ 
served, and that the Home shall become and be an ex¬ 
ample worthy of emulation on the behalf of other crafts 
and orders. 

“Tenth —The persons admitted into said Union Print¬ 
ers Home shall be there fed with plain but wholesome 
food, clothed with plain but decent apparel (no dis¬ 
tinctive dress ever to be worn) and lodged in a plain but 
safe manner; due regard shall be paid to their health, 
comfort and happiness, and to this end their persons, 
clothes and apartments shall be kept clean, and they 
shall have suitable and rational exercise and recreation. 
And as to the character of this exercise and recreation 


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UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


there shall be no restriction, except that it shall be taken 
at timely hours, and shall be moral and temperate in all 
its respects. In this behalf much may be suggested to 
the Board of Trustees of said corporation by the topog¬ 
raphy and character of the grounds of the institution, 
and it is recommended without being made a duty of 
said Board, that landscape gardening, or some similar 
vocation, be undertaken on said grounds as a source of 
exercise and recreation to the persons domiciled at said 
Home. But no task or duty shall ever be imposed under 
the guise of exercise or recreation on any inmate of said 
Home, nor shall any inmate, officer or servant of said 
Union Printers Home be permitted to engage in any 
money-making scheme or act in connection with the 
property of said Union Printers Home: Provided, how¬ 
ever, Nothing herein shall be construed as a restriction 
upon the clause of lease or sale hereinafter contained. 

“Eleventh —No charge, tax, fee or assessment shall 
ever be made, levied or collected from any person domi¬ 
ciled at said Union Printers Home. Its bounty shall 
be unpurchasable; its charity shall be given without 
price: Provided, however, That nothing herein con¬ 
tained shall be construed to prohibit any person from 
making to said Union Printers Home an absolute and 
unqualified donation. 

“Twelfth —No duty shall be required of any inmate 
of said Union Printers Home except the duty of good 
behavior and compliance with such rules for the disci¬ 
pline and administration of said Union Printers Home 
as the Board of Trustees of said corporation, in their 
wisdom, and contemplating the purposes of this trust, 
may adopt. 

“Thirteenth —Should it unfortunately happen that 
any person admitted to said Union Printers Home 
shall, from malconduct, have become unfit longer to 
remain, and mild means of reformation prove futile, 
such person shall be expelled therefrom. 

“Fourteenth —The death of any inmate of said Union 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


127 


Printers Home shall forthwith, upon its occurrence, be 
communicated by telegraph to the President of said In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union, and the remains of 
the deceased shall, for a proper length of time, be held 
waiting the order of said President. But if no response 
be had within a proper time from said President, then 
the remains shall be interred in a part of the grounds of 
said Union Printers Home which shall have been set 
apart for that purpose. In the burial of its unclaimed 
dead, the Union Printers Home shall provide a plain 
but neat robe and other essential garments, and a plain 
but neat casket, with such auxiliaries as may be requi¬ 
site. Each grave shall be appropriately marked with a 
plain marble headstone, bearing the name of the de¬ 
ceased. The date of each death, the cause thereof, the 
duration of illness, the time given for answer from the 
notice of death sent to the President of said Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, the place of burial, the cost 
of burial, and other particulars useful to be known shall 
be recorded in a book kept for that purpose: Provided, 
however, That should the Board of Trustees of said 
corporation, or the civil authorities having jurisdiction 
thereof, deem it not advisable to set apart any portion 
of the grounds of said Union Printers Home for ceme¬ 
tery purposes, or if after such cemetery has been estab¬ 
lished, either said Board or said civil authorities shall 
deem it expedient to abate such cemetery, said Board of 
Trustees may, out of the funds of this trust remaining 
unexpended, procure other suitable place of burial, and 
in so doing extravagance shall be avoided, to the end 
that the greatest possible amount of the funds of this 
trust shall be preserved for the care of the living. 

" Fifteenth —If at any time the Board of Trustees of 
said The Union Printers Home find it to be impracti¬ 
cable and inconsistent with the objects and purposes of 
this trust to maintain as a part of the grounds of said 
Union Printers Home so large a tract of land as that 
hereinbefore described, then they may lease or sell and 


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UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


dispose of any part of said land not exceeding sixty 
acres, as they may deem expedient: Provided, always, 
That the rents, issues and profits of any lease, sale or 
disposition of property so made shall be forthwith and 
wholly turned over to the Treasurer of said The Union 
Printers Home, to be applied to the same uses and pur¬ 
poses as are herein declared of and concerning said trust 
generally. If the sale of said sixty acres, hereinbefore 
mentioned, shall have been made, and thereafter it shall 
be by said Board of Trustees found impracticable, on 
account of any particular circumstances of the location 
of said Union Printers Home, or the failure of endow¬ 
ment, or other sufficient reason, longer to maintain said 
Union Printers Home, then said Board of Trustees may 
sell and dispose of the remainder of said land, and the 
building and structures thereon, as they may deem ex¬ 
pedient: Provided, always, That the issues and profits 
of such second sale or disposition of property so made 
shall be forthwith and wholly turned over and surren¬ 
dered to the Treasurer of said International Typograph¬ 
ical Union to be thereafter used as said Union may di¬ 
rect. Any deed made by said Board of Trustees pur¬ 
suant of the authority herein conferred, shall contain 
a covenant of general warranty. 

“Sixteenth —None of the moneys, principal, interest 
or dividends, and none of the property of said trust or 
the rents, issues, or profits thereof, or acquired or aris¬ 
ing by virtue of or incident to said trust or the adminis¬ 
tration thereof, shall ever be applied to any other pur¬ 
pose or purposes whatever than those herein mentioned 
and appointed. 

“Seventeenth —Separate accounts, distinct from the 
other accounts of the corporation, shall be kept by said 
corporation concerning the said trust, Home and funds, 
and of the investment and application thereof, and a 
separate account or accounts be kept in bank not blended 
with any other account, so that it may at all times ap- 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


129 


pear on examination that the objects of this trust have 
been and are being fully complied with. And the said 
corporation shall render a detailed account annually to 
the said International Typographical Union at the com¬ 
mencement of its convention concerning the said trusty 
Home and funds, and shall submit all their books, pa¬ 
pers and accounts touching the same to a committee of 
said International Typographical Union for examination 
when the same shall be required. 

“Eighteenth —It shall be the duty of said Trustees to 
defend the title at law in case of any suit brought re¬ 
specting the title to the real estate hereinbefore de¬ 
scribed; give notice, if it may be useful or practicable, 
of any such suit to the said International Typographical 
Union, or its proper officers; keep the trust property in¬ 
sured in good companies, using trust funds therefor; 
pay out of the funds provided all taxes, charges and as¬ 
sessments; afford accurate information to said Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union of the condition and dispo¬ 
sition of the trust property; if not possessea of all 
proper information to seek for and, if practicable, obtain 
it; manage the Union Printers Home and care for the 
inmates thereof according to the intent and general de¬ 
sign of this trust, and contemplating the purposes (1) 
for which said Union Printers Home was established 
and endowed, and (2) considering the mutuality of pur¬ 
pose which exists in the purposes of said The Union 
Printers Home and said International Typographical 
Union, to wit: That each contemplates the suppression 
of vice and immorality, the advancement of skill, order 
and health, and the promotion of industry and happi¬ 
ness among and in the craft of printers. 

“To all of which objects the said parties of the first 
part grant, convey and confirm the said property as 
aforesaid, but if the said party of the second part shall 
knowingly and wilfully violate any of said conditions* 
then and thereupon the said International Typography 


13° UNION PRINTERS HOME. 

ical Union, by its officers or agents by it in convention 
authorized and appointed so to do, shall have the right 
to enter upon said land and take possession as the abso¬ 
lute and unconditional owner thereof in fee simple; 

“And the said parties of the first part for themselves, 
their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, 
grant, bargain and agree to, and with the said party of 
the second part, its successors and assigns, that at the 
time of the ensealing and delivery of these presents, 
they are well seized of the premises above conveyed as 
of good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate 
of inheritance in law, in fee simple, and have good 
right, full power and lawful authority to grant, bargain, 
sell and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid, 
and that the same is free and clear from all former and 
other grants, bargains, sales, liens, taxes, assessments 
and incumbrances of whatever kind and nature soever, 
and the above oargained premises in the quiet and 
peaceable possession of the said party of the second part 
as trustee, its successors and assigns against all and 
every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim 
the whole or any part thereof, the said parties of the 
first part shall and will warrant and forever defend. 

“In witness whereof, the said Edward T. Plank, Wil¬ 
liam S. McClevey and Columbus Hall, as Trustees for 
the International Typographical Union of North Amer¬ 
ica, a voluntary association (unincorporated), whose 
principal office is located at the city of Indianapolis, in 
the state of Indiana, have hereunto set their hands and 
seals the day and year above written. 

“Edward T. Plank, [Seal.] 

“William S. McClevey, [Seal.] 

“Columbus Hall. [5>a/.] 

"As Trustees for the International Typographical Union 
of North America, a voluntary association ( unincor¬ 
porated,), whose principal office is located at the city 
of Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana ” 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


131 


Article VIII. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended, with the 
exception of Articles VI and VII, which are irrevocable, 
by the Board of Trustees. Proposed amendments shall 
be submitted in writing by the Secretary to the members 
of the Board, who shall each submit his vote in writing 
to the President, who, upon inspecting the same, shall 
deliver it to the Secretary for preservation among the 
records of the corporation. If two-thirds of the Trus¬ 
tees are in favor of the amendment the President shall 
direct the Secretary to make such change in the By* 
Laws. 


11 


I 


132 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


RESOLUTIONS 

1. Where applicants are admitted to the Union Print¬ 
ers Home the expense of transportation shall be de¬ 
frayed by the local typographical union, when the appli¬ 
cant is unable to pay the same.— Proceedings 1894, page 
41. 

2. The Committee on Admissions is instructed to ex¬ 
clude persons suffering from tuberculosis in the last 
stage and from infectious and contagious diseases.— 
Proceedings 1894, page 41. 

3. The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to ap¬ 
propriate from the Home fund, upon proper application 
of the Superintendent, an amount equal to railroad fare 
from the place where application was made for admis¬ 
sion to the Home; said amount to be expended by the 
Superintendent in purchasing transportation in what¬ 
ever direction a discharged inmate may select. Where 
an inmate is discharged for misconduct, the amount ap¬ 
propriated shall be charged to the local union recom¬ 
mending him.— Proceedings 1894, page 41. 

4. Applicants to the Union Printers Home shall 
be members of the International Typographical Union 
for not less than ten years, at least three years of 
their membership to immediately antedate time of ap¬ 
plication: Provided, That persons suffering from tuber¬ 
culosis may be admitted immediately after affiliation 
with the International Typographical Union, except in 
cases where the admission committee is satisfied that 
such affiliation was entered into solely to secure ad¬ 
mission to the Home.— Adopted by Trustees of Home 
September, 1911, under instruction from San Francisco 
convention. 

5. The Superintendent of the Union Printers Home 
is hereby given power to regulate the internal affairs 
of the Home, and if an inmate prove obnoxious, and 
persists in his conduct, he should be discharged.— Pro¬ 
ceedings 1893, P a ge 219. 


UNION PRINTERS HOME. 


133 


6. That the Superintendent of the Union Printers 
Home furnish, for publication in The Typographical 
Journal, a monthly statement of admissions to and ex¬ 
pulsions from the Home, names of unions sending in¬ 
mates, and such other information as may be of interest 
concerning the condition of the inmates.— Proceedings 
1894, Page 41. 

7. That charges against the management or any offi¬ 
cer of the Union Printers Home must be of a specific 
nature, and made in the regular manner provided by 

he rules of the institution and endorsed by the union 
■which secured the admission of the inmate preferring 
the same.— Proceedings 1894, page 41. 

8. That inmates be required, when able, to perform 
such duties as may appear proper to the Superintendent, 
subject to the judgment of the attending physician.—- 
Proceedings 1894, page 41. 

9. That inmates who have vacated the Union Print¬ 
ers Home and received transportation shall be required, 
before being readmitted, to refund the amount of such 
transportation.— Proceedings 1896, page 123. 

10. That the Board of Trustees be and is hereby 
authorized to make an allowance of at least 50 cents 
per„week to members of subordinate unions now or 
hereafter in the Union Printers Home, whose unions 
are unable to make any financial provision for them.— 
Proceedings 1896, page 123. 

11. Inmates vacating the Union Printers Home, 
when found guilty of disposing of the transportation 
furnished, shall be required to refund the full amount 
of such transportation.— Proceedings 1896, page 123. 

12. That the board of trustees of the Union 
Printers Home be instructed by this convention to 
incorporate in its rules a provision that all applications 
for admission to the Union Printers Home be ac¬ 
companied by a medical report made by a physician 
selected by the union in which such applicant holds 
membership.— Proceedings 1909, page 264. 


TYPOGRAPHIA AMALGA¬ 
MATION 


IN EFFECT SINCE JULY I, 1894. 

1. The members of the German-American Typo¬ 
graphy shall, in accordance with their present laws 
and customs, elect by general vote a Second Vice- 
President and three members, who shall constitute an 
Advisory Board, said Second Typographia Vice-Presi¬ 
dent to be the Secretary-Treasurer of the German 
Branch, whose headquarters shall be located at Indian¬ 
apolis; he shall have general supervision of such fea¬ 
tures of the German Branch as are not contemplated 
by the existing laws of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union; he shall decide all questions which may 
arise between members and unions regarding benefit 
features and the practices thereunder. The Advisory 
Board shall decide all appeals from the decision of the 
Second Vice-President, and any person feeling ag¬ 
grieved at the decision of the Advisory Board may 
take an appeal to the International Typographical 
Union in convention assembled, when the case shall 
be referred to a committee composed of all the dele¬ 
gates from German unions, and a finding of a majority 
of the committee shall be recorded as the decision of 
the International Union, which shall be final. 

2. The Second Vice-President shall receive from the 
International Typographical Union the sum of $500 
yearly in part payment of that official’s salary, the bal- 

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TYPOGRAPHIA AMALGAMATION. I 35 

ance thereof and all running expenses attaching to his 
office to be provided for by the German-American 
Typographia: Provided, however, That the residue re¬ 
maining in the International Union’s General Fund to 
the credit of German members shall revert to the Ad¬ 
visory Board, to be applied to defraying the legitimate 
expenses of that branch. 

3. All laws or rules governing or appertaining to the 
benefit features of the German-American Typographia 
in force January 1, 1893, to remain in force and be 
subject to amendment, as prescribed on the aforemen¬ 
tioned date. 

4. Upon all other subjects, other than those men¬ 
tioned in paragraph 3 and type measurement, together 
with laws and customs governing foremen, the laws of 
the International Typographical Union in force Janu¬ 
ary 1, 1893, and as thereafter amended, shall prevail: 
Provided, This shall not be construed to prohibit the 
special privileges granted members of the German 
Branch as to their rights under traveling cards, as 
hereinafter more specifically set forth. 

5. Members in good standing desirous of transfer¬ 
ring their membership to a union of the opposite lan¬ 
guage, shall be entitled to receive the International 
Typographical Union certificate, which shall be fur¬ 
nished upon payment of current month’s dues; which 
certificate shall be deposited with the proper officers of 
the union of opposite branch within forty-eight hours. 
The conditions under which such certificates are issued 
and received shall be: Members of the German branch 
depositing certificates with English unions shall have 
the option of retaining membership in the German 
union for beneficial purposes, such beneficial member¬ 
ship to be retained by the payment, to the local Ger¬ 
man union, of all dues imposed by the German union 
for purely beneficial purposes, viz.: that part of the 
dues apportioned for the maintenance of the sick and 
funeral funds; and such members upon redepositing 


136 TYPOGRAPHIA AMALGAMATION. 

their certificates with the German branch shall be en¬ 
titled to all benefits the same as though their member¬ 
ship in the German branch had, in every respect, been 
continuous; German members of English unions, re¬ 
taining benefit membership in the German union, shall 
have the right to participate in the discussion of, and 
to vote upon, all proposed amendments in the laws and 
rules governing or bearing upon the benefits to which 
he is a contributor; members of the German branch, 
depositing a certificate with the English union, who 
may fail to pay to the German union the dues re¬ 
quired to maintain benefit membership, and at the time 
and in the manner prescribed by the laws and rules of 
the German union, shall be deemed to have severed 
their connection with the German union, and upon re¬ 
depositing their certificates shall, as to benefits, be 
considered new members, viz.: subject to the laws re¬ 
quiring that members shall be such for certain specified 
terms to entitle them to benefits; benefit members of 
the German union, who may be working within the 
jurisdiction of an English union, and who may, for 
any cause, be expelled from said English union, shall 
be deemed to have been simultaneously expelled from 
the German union, and shall be deprived from benefits 
from date of expulsion, it being understood that said 
expelled member shall have the right of appeal, and 
that if upon appeal he be reinstated, such reinstate¬ 
ment shall also apply to the German branch as well, 
and he shall be continued in benefits without preju¬ 
dice; members in the English union not benefit mem¬ 
bers of the German branch, depositing certificates with 
the German union, shall be considered new members, 
and shall be subject to the laws requiring that mem¬ 
bers be such for certain specified terms to entitle them 
to benefits; in all cases a duly accredited certificate 
shall of itself be sufficient to entitle the holder to mem¬ 
bership in any union in which he may desire to de¬ 
posit, shall entitle the depositor to all benefits (unless 


TYPOGRAPHY IA AMALGAMATION. 137 

he be physically disqualified) and no union shall have 
power to reject such certificate. 

6. The laws and rules governing and bearing upon 
benefits in the German branch shall be amended in the 
manner prescribed by the Constitution of the German- 
American Typographia, and no member shall have the 
right to vote thereon except members of the German- 
American Typographia and benefit members attached 
to English unions, both to vote at the time and in the 
manner prescribed by the Constitution of the German- 
American Typographia. 

7. While the members of the German branch shall, 
as heretofore, have absolute control of their out-of- 
work, sick, traveling and death benefits, except as 
otherwise stipulated herein, the laws of that organiza¬ 
tion regarding strikes and strike benefits are to be su¬ 
perseded by the laws of the International Typograph¬ 
ical Union upon strikes and strike benefits. 

8. In any city or town affording employment to 
seven or more printers on German work, those so em¬ 
ployed shall organize a German branch. 

9. German unions shall attach themselves to Allied 
Trades Joint Standing Committee, and any differences 
as to jurisdiction between English and German unions 
shall be referred to this body for adjudication, but 
nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the 
aggrieved party from taking an appeal from its de¬ 
cision to the Executive Council. 


AGREEMENT 


BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPH¬ 
ICAL UNION, THE INTERNATIONAL PRINT¬ 
ING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS’ UNION, 
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 
BOOKBINDERS, THE INTERNATIONAL STER¬ 
EOTYPERS’ AND ELECTROTYPERS’ UNION 
AND THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO-ENGRAV¬ 
ERS’ UNION. 


The duly authorized representatives of the Interna¬ 
tional Typographical Union, the International Printing 
Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, the International 
Brotherhood of Bookbinders, the International Stereo¬ 
typers’ and Electrotypers’ Union, and the Interna¬ 
tional Photo-Engravers’ Union have entered into the 
following agreement for the formation of an associa¬ 
tion for a joint ownership of the allied printing trades 
union label: 

ARTICLE I 

NAME, OBJECT, JURISDICTION 

Section i. This body shall be known as the Inter¬ 
national Allied Printing Trades Association. 

Sec. 2. The objects of this association are to des¬ 
ignate the products of the labor of the members there- 
ui by adopting and registering a label or trade mark 
designating such products. 

Sec. 3. To that end the association shall by its board 
of governors adopt a label, to be known as “Allied 
Printing Trades Label,” which label shall be used to 

Cl 38) 



AGREEMENT. 


139 


distinguish the product of the labor of the members 
of the association; and the association shall exercise 
jurisdiction throughout the United States of America 
and Canada in regard to said label, and over subordi¬ 
nate local organizations which shall be established and 
maintained in accordance with the provisions of these 
Jaws. 

ARTICLE II 

MEMBERSHIP 

Section i. All members in good standing of the In¬ 
ternational Typographical Union, the International 
Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, the Inter¬ 
national Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union, the 
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders and the In¬ 
ternational Photo-Engravers’ Union shall be members 
of this association. But before the members of any 
of the said unions shall become members of this asso¬ 
ciation, they shall by appropriate action taken by 
them at a convention, or on referendum vote or other¬ 
wise in manner approved by the respective unions, 
duly declare their intention and desire to become such 
members and agree to abide by all laws and regulations 
now or hereafter adopted for the government of this 
association, and shall at the same time provide who 
shall constitute their representatives on the board of 
governors hereinafter provided for in Article III. And 
any member ceasing to be a member in good standing 
in one of said unions shall thereby cease to be a mem¬ 
ber of this association. 

ARTICLE III 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Section i. The affairs of this association shall be 
conducted and governed by a board to be known as 
the “Board of Governors.” Said board shall also be 
trustees of, and hold title to, any label adopted by the 
association and all other property of the association; 


14° AGREEMENT. 

and they shall cause to be registered such label in all 
states, territories and District of Columbia, in the 
United States, and Dominion and Provinces of Can¬ 
ada, where registration is or may be hereafter author¬ 
ized by law. 

Sec. 2. The board of governors shall consist of 
eight members. For the purpose of selecting those 
members, the membership of this association shall be 
divided into five groups, as follows: 

One group consisting of those members who are also 
members of the International Typographical Union, 
who shall select four members of said board; one 
group consisting of those members who are also mem¬ 
bers of the International Printing Pressmen and As¬ 
sistants’ Union, who shall select one member of said 
board; one group consisting of those members who are 
also members of the International Stereotypers’ and 
Electrotypers’ Union, who shall select one member of 
said board; one group consisting of those members 
who are also members of the International Brother¬ 
hood of Bookbinders, who shall select one member of 
said board; and one group consisting of those mem¬ 
bers who are also members of the International Photo- 
Engravers’ Union, who shall select one member of 
said board. 

The selection of said members of said board of 
governors shall be in the manner and by the mode 
adopted by the several groups of members above speci¬ 
fied respectively. 

Sec. 3. The members of said board shall hold office 
until their successors are duly chosen. Should any 
member of said board cease to be such member, his 
successor shall be chosen or designated by the group 
who had selected such member in such manner as such 
group may determine. No member cf said board shall 
continue in office after he has ceased to be a member 
of this association. 

Sec. 4. The officers of the board of governors shall 


AGREEMENT. 


141 


be a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer 
and such other officers as the board may determine, 
who shall be elected by a majority vote. But no two 
executive officers shall be members of the same trade 
union. 

Sec. 5. Regular meetings of the board of governors 
shall be held on the first Monday in November, March 
and July of each year at the place decided upon by a 
majority vote of the board of governors, written no¬ 
tice of which shall be mailed to each member of the 
board by the secretary-treasurer thereof. At the reg¬ 
ular meeting in March, the officers of said board shall 
be nominated, elected and installed for the ensuing 
year. If any vacancy occurs during the ensuing year 
it shall be filled from members of the board. 

On written demand of a majority of the members of 
the board, the president shall call a meeting at a con¬ 
venient time and place designated by the president 
and after written notice is mailed to each member of 
the board. 

In the event of any member of the board being un¬ 
able to attend any meeting he may delegate his power 
and authority to a proxy, who, however, shall be a 
member of the same trade union of which the member 
giving the proxy is a member. Upon the filing <?f 
properly presented credentials to the board of gov¬ 
ernors, said proxy shall be accorded all rights and 
privileges due to the member for whom he is proxy. 

When any group shall have more than one repre¬ 
sentative on the board of governors, then in the ab¬ 
sence of any member or members thereof selected by 
said group, the other member or members of the board 
selected by such group may cast the full vote to which 
said group shall be entitled without having any proxy 
to do so. 

Between meetings the secretary-treasurer may sub¬ 
mit any questions calling for prompt action to the con? 


142 


AGREEMENT. 


sideration of the members of the board of governors 
by mail, and the members shall vote by mail. Their 
votes shall be canvassed and announced by the secre¬ 
tary-treasurer and given the same effect as though cast 
at a meeting, and all such proceedings shall be reported 
by the secretary-treasurer at the next regular meeting 
of the board. 

All questions coming before the board of governors 
shall be decided by unanimous vote, except as provided 
in Sections 4 and 5 of this article. In the event of 
failure ,of the board of governors to agree unani¬ 
mously upon any proposition or propositions submit¬ 
ted to it, then any one or more of the members of said 
board may demand that such proposition or proposi¬ 
tions be submitted to a disinterested person for deci¬ 
sion, and such disinterested person shall be selected 
by the unanimous vote of the board of governors, but 
if said board shall fail to agree upon such disinter¬ 
ested person, then such person shall be selected by the 
president of the American Federation of Labor, and 
the decision of such person so selected shall be final 
and binding upon the board of governors. Notice of 
the demand to submit any such proposition or proposi¬ 
tions for decision to a disinterested person, as afore¬ 
said, must be given during the session in which such 
proposition or propositions arise, and the settlement 
of such proposition or propositions shall proceed to de¬ 
termination as speedily as circumstances permit, not to 
exceed thirty days from the time said notice shall be 
given, unless the time shall be extended by the board 
of governors. 

Sec. 6. The board of governors may adopt such 
rules of procedure in the hearing of appeals and in 
the conduct of such other business as may properly 
come before it as do not conflict with any of the gen¬ 
eral laws of the association. 


AGREEMENT, 


143 


ARTICLE IV 

LOCAL ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCILS 

Section 1. In localities where there are subordinate 
unions chartered by two or more of the unions men¬ 
tioned in Article II hereof, a local allied printing trades 
council shall be formed, the jurisdiction of which shall 
be determined by said board of governors. Within 
such jurisdiction no member of the International Al¬ 
lied Printing Trades Association shall use any trade 
label other than that issued by said International Al¬ 
lied Printing Trades Association through the local al¬ 
lied printing trades council, and all unions whose 
members are members of the International Allied 
Printing Trades Association shall withdraw from said 
jurisdiction their union label. 

Sec. 2. It shall be composed of members chosen by 
and from those who are members of said subordinate 
unions, three being appointed or elected from each 
union in the manner and by the mode adopted by the 
members of the union. The selection of the three 
members from the membership of each of said unions 
shall be certified to said local allied printing trades 
council, and the three members of each class shall 
continue to be members of said local council for a 
term of one year and until their successors are duly 
chosen and certified by the members of that class. No 
one shall be at the same time a member of more than 
one local allied printing trades council. 

Sec. 3. Each member present at any meeting of a 
local allied printing trades council shall be entitled to 
one vote. But a roll call may be demanded by any 
member on a question involving the raising of revenue 
or the election of officers, and on said roll call each 
member shall be entitled to additional votes as fol¬ 
lows: For fifty (50) members of the local union to 
which he belongs, one vote; for each additional fifty 
(50) members or major fraction thereof up to three 


144 


AGREEMENT. 


hundred (300) members, one vote; for the next two 
hundred (200) members or major fraction thereof, 
one vote; for each additional five hundred (500) mem¬ 
bers or major fraction thereof, one vote, the member¬ 
ship to be computed in accordance with the last per 
capita tax paid by each local union. 

Sec. 4. Local allied printing trades councils shall 
elect as officers a president, vice-president and secre¬ 
tary-treasurer and such other officers as the local coun¬ 
cil may determine. And said local councils may adopt 
such provisions and rules for their government as are 
not in conflict with the purpose and provisions of the 
general laws of the International Allied Printing 
Trades Association or in conflict with the rules and 
laws of the board of governors of said International 
Allied Printing Trades Association. 

Sec. 5. The funds of each local allied printing 
trades council shall be under its control, and shall 
be on a per capita basis. 

ARTICLE V 

APPEALS 

Section i. Appeals may be made to the board of 
governors from the decision or action of any local 
allied printing trades council. In such case the appli¬ 
cant must within ten days from said decision or action 
file notice of his intention to appeal with the presi¬ 
dent, vice-president or secretary-treasurer of the local 
allied printing trades council; and within thirty days 
from said decision or action the appellant shall for¬ 
ward to the secretary-treasurer of the board of gov¬ 
ernors ten typewritten copies of the appeal papers, 
serving one copy on the president, vice-president or 
secretary-treasurer of said local allied printing trades 
council. After such service said local allied printing 
trades council shall have thirty days in which to file 
with the secretary-treasurer of said board of gov¬ 
ernors ten typewritten copies of its answer. And no 


AGREEMENT. 


145 


such appeal shall be considered by the board of gov¬ 
ernors unless it shall be approved by the local union 
of which the appellant is a member; such approval 
being evidenced by the certificate of the president and 
secretary of that union; which said certificate shall 
accompany the appeal papers at the time they are 
forwarded to the secretary-treasurer of the board of 
governors. 

Sec. 2. When the papers are complete in each case 
the secretary-treasurer of said board of governors shall 
forward one copy of the papers to each member of 
said board of governors. Thereupon each member 
shall consider the case thus presented to him and 
within thirty days after the receipt of the documents 
each of said members shall file an opinion in the case 
with the secretary-treasurer of the said board of gov¬ 
ernors, and within thirty days after the opinions of 
the members have been received by the said secretary- 
treasurer and submitted to the several membrs of said 
board for final action, the members of said board must 
register their votes on the appeal. 

ARTICLE VI 

USE OF THE UNION LABEL 

Section i. The International Allied Printing Trades 
Association, by its board of governors, shall procure, 
own and control the allied printing trades label. 

Sec. 2. It shall by action of its board of governors 
and in accordance with and subject to the provisions 
of these laws, loan the same to local allied printing 
trades councils as agents of said International Allied 
Printing Trades Association upon receipt of a sum of 
money from the local council, not exceeding ten (10) 
per cent above the cost of production and distribution 
of said label. 

Sec. 3. No allied printing trades council shall issue 
any label not procured from said International Allied 
Printing Trades Association, nor duplicate nor allow 


146 


AGREEMENT. 


the duplication of said labels except in the case of 
stereotyped or electrotyped forms, in which case the 
label appearing in the plate or plates shall be de¬ 
stroyed immediately on completion of the work on 
which it is used. 

Sec. 4. No other body than the local allied printing 
trades council shall be allowed to grant the use of the 
allied printing trades label in any jurisdiction: Pro¬ 
vided, however, That the board of governors of said 
International Allied Printing Trades Association may 
order the issuance or withdrawal of the label or issue 
said label direct where in its judgment said action is 
necessary. 

Sec. 5. All labels must be procured by local coun¬ 
cils from the secretary-treasurer of the International 
Allied Printing Trades Association. Any infraction 
of this rule shall be deemed sufficient cause for the 
dissolution of the local council so offending. 

Sec. 6. All labels shall be issued or withdrawn by 
unanimous consent of local councils. Should any cause 
or grievance arise because of the issuance or with¬ 
drawal of the label by any local council, the matter 
must be presented to said board of governors, and it 
shall be the duty of said board to consider or recon¬ 
sider and determine the matter, giving to the parties 
in interest such opportunity to be heard as the presi¬ 
dent of the said board of governors may deem needful. 

ARTICLE VII 

FINANCES 

Sec. i. The necessary funds for the establishment, 
maintenance and carrying on of this association and 
its work shall be under the control of the board of 
governors, and the same shall be furnished by the sev¬ 
eral groups in the proportions following: 

One-half by the members of this association who are 
also members of the International Typographical 
Union; one-eighth by the members of this association 


AGREEMENT. 


I 47 


who are also members of the International Printing 
Pressmen and Assistants’ Union; one-eighth by the 
members of this association who are also members of 
the International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ 
Union; one-eighth by the members of this association 
who are also members of the International Brother¬ 
hood of Bookbinders; and one-eighth by the members 
of this association who are also members of the Inter¬ 
national Photo-Engravers’ Union. 

When the board of governors shall determine that 
any funds are necessary, the secretary-treasurer of 
this association shall notify the proper officer of each 
union mentioned in Article II of the proportionate 
amount due from the members of such union who are 
also members of this association, and such notice shall 
be notice to each member of this association who is 
also a member of such union. 

Sec. 2. All funds of the association shall be depos¬ 
ited in bank subject to withdrawal according to regula¬ 
tions adopted by the board. 

Sec. 3. The members of the board of governors 
shall not be paid out of the funds of this association 
for their services or for their expenses incurred while 
acting as such members of the board of governors. 

Sec. 4. Should any group withdraw from this asso¬ 
ciation then such group shall forfeit all rights and in¬ 
terest in and to any and all labels registered by this 
association and in and to all property and effects of 
this association. 

ARTICLE VIII 

AMENDMENTS 

Sec. i. Amendments to these laws may be made 
from time to time, as follows: The proposed amend¬ 
ment shall be submitted to the secretary or the secre¬ 
tary-treasurer of each of the international unions 
mentioned in Article II hereof, to be submitted by 
him to a general convention of the union or to the 


AGREEMENT. 


148 

members of the union through their local unions. If 
the convention on a majority of the members of the 
international union acting thereon shall assent to the 
proposed amendment, such assent shall be binding 
upon all the members belonging to that union and 
shall operate as the assent of all belonging to that 
union to the proposed amendment. If the members 
belonging to all said international unions shall thus 
signify their assent to the proposed amendment it shall 
be considered as adopted and shall thenceforth operate 
as a law of this association. 

The above agreement was unanimously ratified at a 
meeting of representatives of the international unions 
above mentioned on March 7, 1911. 

Robert Glockling, 

Representing the International Brotherhood of 
Bookbinders. 

George L. Berry, 

Representing the International Printing Pressmen 
and Assistants’ Union, represented at this meet¬ 
ing by Charles B. Crowley as proxy. 

James J. Freel, 

Representing the International Stereotypers’ and 
Electrotypers’ Union. 

Matthew Woll, 

Representing the International Photo-Engravers’ 
Union. 

James M. Lynch, 

Hugo Miller, 

George A. Tracy, 

J. W. Hays, 

Representing the International Typographical Union, 
Charles N. Smith representing George A. Tracy 
at this meeting. 


INSTRUCTIONS TO THOSE APPLY¬ 
ING FOR CHARTERS 


Applications for charters must be made upon the 
form prepared therefor, which may be had upon re¬ 
quest to any International representative, or will be 
furnished upon application to the President or Secre¬ 
tary of the International Typographical Union, 640-650 
Newton Claypool Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

It being the duty of the President and Secretary- 
Treasurer to grant charters, applications may be ad¬ 
dressed to either officer. 

Each person signing an application for a charter 
must pay the sum of five ($5) dollars, $2 of which 
must be transmitted to the Secretary-Treasurer of the 
International Typographical Union in payment for 
the charter and outfit of supplies. 

Ten journeymen compositors or five journeymen of 
the other allied crafts, constitute a sufficient number 
to make application for a charter. 

Any person under the ban of suspension or expul¬ 
sion in a subordinate union can not become a charter 
member of another union. 

A union applying for a charter is required to sub¬ 
mit its constitution and by-laws, also a list of its officers 
and members, for examination by the International of¬ 
ficers. 


(i49) 






INDEX 


Sec. Page 

Aid—-Appeals for. 19 46 

Allied crafts—Majority vote of all involved 


May form district unions. 1 14 

Members must deposit cards with union of 

respective craft if one exists. 79 61 

Must abide by laws of union to which at¬ 
tached . 79 6 r 

Names of shall be distinctive. 3 4 

Respective vice-presidents to vote on mat¬ 
ters before Executive Council appertain¬ 
ing to their craft. 4 6 

When may affiliate with typographical 

unions . 79 61 

Allied trades—Joint agreement with. 138-148 

Allied trades councils—Shall be created.... 144 77 

Amendments—By referendum vote . 1 16 

Date of going into effect. 4 17 

Executive Council may submit. 3 16 

Executive Council shall submit. 3 16 

Members in good standing entitled to vote 

on . 26 47 

Must be referred to law committee. 9 90 

Must show article or section amended.... 18 95 

Must be submitted in writing. 16 95 

Returns of vote must be made. 1 16 

Result of vote on, shall be declared. 1 16 

Shall be published. 3 16 

Shall be submitted on petition 100 unions. 3 16 

Votes on shall not be counted unless on 

official ballot . 26 47 

When recommended by officers must be 

drafted . 14 92 

American Federation of Labor—Assessments 

to be paid. 3 28-31 

Number of delegates to. 1 5 

American Newspaper Publishers’ Association 
representative shall be heard on scale 


May be heard in convention. 4 89 

(15O 




























152 


INDEX. 


Sec. Page 

Amnesty—May declare . 32 48 

Appeals .1-2 12 

Appeals and impeachment...1-5 37-4° 

Decision must be complied with in interim 4 37 

For aid shall be approved by Executive 

Council . 19 46 

From decision of Executive Council. 5 38 

Notice of to the union to be given in five 

days . 2 37 

Shall be submitted to Executive Council 

in written or printed form only. 1 12 

To convention in printed form only. 1 12 

To convention shall be in printed form. . 5 38 

To convention must be perfected within 

thirty days . 5 38 

Truth of statements in documents sub¬ 
mitted must be affirmed. 3 37 

When can be made to civil courts. 1 37 

Applicants—Age of . 51 53 

Can not be rejected while three-fourths 

favor . 41 51 

Can not reject for serving apprenticeship 

in unfair office. 38 50 

Judge of qualification of.175 85 

Leaving jurisdiction before being obli¬ 
gated .. 36 49 

Local unions to enact laws looking to 

closer scrutiny of competency of. 21 101 

Manner of obligating when from country 

towns . 35 49 

Names to be published. 22 46 

Permits issued to may be revoked. 39 50 

Privileges of working under permit. 39 50 

Rigid examination of must be made. 34 49 

When consent International President nec¬ 
essary to admit.... 34 49 

When from jurisdiction of a union. 33 48 

When rejected may appeal. 2 37 

When union can reject practical printer.. 174 84 

Applications—Can not be renewed within six 
months except with consent International 

President .•. 39 50 

Duplicate of, to be filed with Secretary- 

Treasurer . 22 46 

From country towns. 35 49 

From “unfair” printers.175 85 

May not be withdrawn. 39 50 
































INDEX. 


153 

Ser Po ctp 

Apprentices .51-56 51-61 

Can not be declared unfair. 59 56 

Certificate for . 52 54 

In machine offices, must be employed last 

two and one-half years on case .. 57 55 

May be granted machine practice last six 

months of apprenticeship. 92 65 

May learn the machine. 57 55 

More efficient workmanship among. 9 99 

Must be admitted if competent. 54 54 

Must provide scales for. 54 54 

Must be admitted at end of second year’s 

apprenticeship . 54 54 

Must be furnished button when initiated. . 60 56 

Number should be limited. 55 55 

Organization of .... . 14 100 

Penalty for failure to report violation of 

laws regarding . 61 56 

Record of to be kept. 52 54 

Regarding indenturing .173 84 

Rejection for incompetency. 58 56 

Shall be registered. 52 54 

Shall be protected against unfair discrimi¬ 
nation . 54 54 

Shall not leave one office for another with¬ 
out written consent of employer. 56 55 

Should be encouraged to take I. T. U. 

Course in Printing . 53 54 

Subordinate unions to govern and report 

on educational qualifications of. 53 54 

Term of. 57 55 

Unions must pass laws defining grade and 

classes of work taught... 55 55 

Unions to encourage efficiency of. 9 99 

Union to send Journal to. 60 56 

Arbitration .162 81 

Laws shall not be submitted to.164 82 

Assessments— 

When members depositing cards are not 

subject to . 72 59 

Auditing accounts .21-22 36 

Auditing committee or expert accountants— 

Dates of report of. 10 43 

Method of making reports, etc. 10 43 

When inaccuracies appear in report of.. 10 43 

Board of Governors—Agreement of.138 148 

Bond—Of local officers. 16 46 

Of Secretary-Treasurer . 3 28 




































154 


INDEX. 


Borrowing and loaning matter.169 

Boycotts—Can not be levied without consent 

of locals affected. 27 

Burial benefit—See Mortuary Benefits. 

By-Laws . 

May be enacted. 4 

Shall contain . 2 

Canadian Trades and Labor Congress—Per 

capita tax to be paid to... 3 

Candidates for International oiuce—Shall 

announce intention . 1 

To be allotted space in Journal. 4 

Cards—See Traveling Cards. 

Cashing strings for profit forbidden.10S 

Central labor bodies—To affiliate with.186 

Chapels—Can not take action affecting laws 

or contracts of union. 30 

Chairmen must recognize cards of inspect¬ 
ors and repairmen. iS 

Shall post laws governing sub-lists.129 

Charges and trials .131-143 

Charters—Instructions to those applying for 

Cover only city named in. 1 

Fee for signers of petition for. 4 

May be taken from any state. 8 

Must bear name of city. 5 

Names on. must not be erased. 7 

Number of members required to obtain.. 2 

Outfit—Cost of . 

Petition for—Form of, to be prepared_ 3 

Surrender of . 9 

To other than English-speaking printers.. 2 
When union may attach sketch of member 

to . 7 

W hen shall be suspended.;. 170 

Where two cities are merged. 6 

Committees—See Convention Laws. 
Composition—In English and foreign lan¬ 
guages ...112 

Constitution—To publish . 3 

Shall contain .. 2 

Shall be amended only by referendum 

vote .1-3 

Contempt—Penalty for .116 

Contests—Speed, forbidden . 95 

Contracts—Members can not operate print¬ 
ing plant under .109 

Members shall not sign private.163 

Must be approved by International Presi¬ 
dent and in accordance with law.163 


83 

48 

18-42 

4 

4 

2S-31 

18 

20 

69 

86 

48 

101 

74 

74-77 

149 

42 
4 2 

43 
43 
43 

3 

149 

2S-31 

43 

3 

43 

83 

43 


71 

2S-31 

4 

16 

71 

66 

70 

81 

81 




































INDEX. 


155 

_ age 

Shall contain clause reserving right to re¬ 
fuse to execute struck work.165 82 

Union alone power to make.163 81 

Convention laws . 89-96 

Amendment of . 1 96 

Committee on laws—Appointment and du¬ 
ties of .8-9 90 

Credentials of . 10 91 

Meeting of . 9 90 

Must pass on all amendments. 9 90 

Committees—Number of members to con¬ 
stitute . 12 92 

Rules governing at convention.8-19 90-93 

Shall be appointed by President. 11 91 

Shall indicate data to be published in 

proceedings . 19 93 

Shall draft matters to be proposed. 16 92 

Special—When may be appointed. 13 92 

Small unions to be recognized in ap¬ 
pointment of .185 86 

Standing, list of . 11 91 

Convention—Arrangement for and date of 1 5 

Hours of .1-2 89 

Obligation for officers of. 7 90 

Only delegates admitted to the floor of. 4 89 

Order of business....... 93 

Place of, how decided. 3 89 

Presidents of trade district unions en¬ 
titled to privileges of floor at. 12 27 

Printed matter distributed at, must bear 

label . 5 90 

Proceedings of, how distributed. 3 28-31 

Quorum . 6 90 

Representatives of American Newspaper 
Publishers’ Association, P r i n t e r s’ 

League and United Typothetae shall be 
heard on changes in laws affecting 

their interests . 4 89 

Standing rules . 93-96 

To be held annually. 1 5 

Copyholders—Local unions to make scale 

for and control..194 88 

Correspondence—To be answered promptly.. 24 47 

To be in sealed envelops. 24 47 

Deaths—See Mortuary Benefits. 

Decisions—Must be complied with pending 

appeal . 4 37 

Defaulting officers—In case of. 1 27 

Duty of President in case of..-. 22 36 


































INDEX. 


156 


Sec. Page 

Defense and strikes.145-161 77-81 

Defense fund—Accumulation of local recom¬ 
mended . 4 99 

Delegates and alternates. 24-27 

Alternates should be elected . 4 25 

Certificates of election. 5 25 

Contests of election. 8 26 

Date of election. 2 24 

Expense of—By whom defrayed. 7 26 

How instructed . 10 26 

Number of entitled to by union. 1 5 

Number of, how determined. 3 25 

Obligation for. 2 13 

Proxies prohibited. 2 5 

Qualifications for . 1 24 

Qualifications of voters. 12 23 

Returns of election of . 6 25 

Roll to be prepared. 8 26 

Term of. 5 25 

Tie vote for—In cases of. 2 24 

When not entitled to vote in convention. 9 26 

Where unions have not complied with law 8 26 

Departments—Recognition optional.125 73 

Discipline, General .106-118 69-72 

Dues—(See also Per Capita Tax).62-68 56-58 


Accrued must be collected when reinstated 66 57 
Collection of from holders traveling cards 64 57 
Every member shall pay International.... 62 56 

Member in arrears for, unless card bears 


stamp . 65 57 

Members stand suspended when four 

months in arrears for. 66 57 

Must be paid to union where working. ... 68 58 

Percentage system recommended.181 86 

Rate of International. 1-2 9-10 

Rebate system legal.182 86 

Shall be charged from first of month.... 67 58 

Stamp for each month, paid. 63 56 

When paid in advance, credit shall be al¬ 
lowed . 67 58 

Where percentage system applies. 67 58 

Working cards must show amount col¬ 
lected as per capita, local dues and on 

each assessment . 63 56 

Duties of subordinate union.10-26 43-47 

Eight-hour law (See Six-Day Law).105 68 

Election of International officers—Candi¬ 
dates for shall announce intention. 1 18 


Candidates to be allotted space in Journal 4 * 20 




































INDEX. 


157 


Election of International officers— Cont’d. Sec. Page 

Qualifications of voters.. *.12-13 23 

Shall be by vote of membership. 2 5 

Time and manner of holding.1-15 18-24 

Elections—Member must personally cast bal¬ 
lot . 6- 21 

When held . 6 21 

Electrotyping and stereotyping—To be sent 

to union shops .180 85 

Employment—When seeking must apply to 

foreman .106 69 

Executive Council—Duties and powers of. . . 6 7 

Duties and powers of. 4 31 

Appeals from decisions of.1-2 12 

Can transfer funds. 9 11 

Empowered to extend jurisdiction of union 

for use of label. 97 67 

Empowered to purchase bonds. 3 32 

How composed . 6 7 

May deposit funds in any .reputable bank. 3 32 

May suspend charters when decisions not 

obeyed . 2 11 

Officers may be impeached by. 3 12 

Power to extend jurisdiction local union. . 2 42 

Shall approve appeals for aid from local 

unions . 19 46 

Shall approve strike before benefits can be 

paid .. ..151 79 

Shall decide questions and appeals. 4 31 

Shall disavow illegal strike.147 78 

To approve appointment of representatives 8 8 

To decide disputes between unions. 4 31 

When can order strike.148 78 

Expulsion—To be reported. 23 47 

Female compositors . 96 66 

First Vice-President—Duties of. 2 6 

Expenses to conventions. 1 8 

Salary of . 1 8 

Fiscal year . 23 37 

Foreman ...72-73 119-126 

Approval of unnecessary before putting on 

sub .128 73 

May not discharge regular for incompetent 

sub . 123 73 

Member working in official capacity shall 

not lose priority .126 73 

Must apply to for work. 106 69 

Must be an active member of union...... 41 51 

Must give out minimum number of situa¬ 
tions .122 72 




































*58 


INDEX. 


Page 


Foremen— Continued. Sec. 

Oldest competent sub to have first va¬ 
cancy .120 

Penalty for employing non-union men.. 124 
Position of editor and foreman consoli¬ 
dated .118 

Rights of .119 

Rules governing employment and discharge 

of help by .119 

Selecting forces by, from day to day, pro¬ 
hibited .122 

Shall furnish written statement of reasons 

for discharge .119 

Shall not designate days to be worked.... 121 
Shall reinstate in reverse order in which 
dismissed when force is increased.... 119 
Shall not bar sub for failure to show up. 123 
Transfer of men from one department to 

another by .125 

When departments are not recognized. .. 125 
When phalanxing by constitutes sublist.. 128 
Fraternal societies—Members to request use 

of label . 7 

Funds—Apportionment of . 3 

In excess of $50,000 shall be secured. 3 

May deposit in any reputable bank. 3 

Misappropriation of . 22 

Must be deposited . 5 

Transfer of money from one to another.. 9 

What can be drawn for. 4 

General discipline .106-118 69-71 

General fund—Portion of per capita tax 

credited to .*. 3 10 

Purposes of . 4 10 

General laws .....1-198 42-88 

Date of going into effect. 5 17 

May be enacted. 4 4 

Penalty for failure to obey. 2 

Power to enact . 2 

Shall contain . 2 

German Typographia—Amalgamation agree¬ 
ment . 134-137 

Health and sanitation—Union to appoint 

committees on . 21 46 

Holidays—Can not declare unfair for failure 

to observe . 28 48 

Honorable withdrawal cards.86-90 63-65 

Acceptance deprives of benefits. 86 63 

Approval of issuing union necessary to ac¬ 
ceptance . 88 64 


72 

73 

71 

72 

72 

72 

72 

72 

72 

73 

73 

73 

73 

99 

10 
32 
32 
36 

7 

11 
32 


11 
16 
4 































INDEX. 


159 

Honorable Withdrawal Cards— Continued. Sec. Page 

Continuous membership of holders of.... 87 63 

Duplicates of . 90 65 

Exempts members from dues. 86 63 

Form of . 87 63 

Members engaged at business can not de¬ 
mand . 89 65 

Members entitled to .. .. 86 63 

Member taking vacates office. 86 63 

Must be deposited on returning to busi¬ 
ness . 88 64 

Of trade district unions. 87 63 

Shall be issued . 1 14 

Hours of labor—On daily papers.179 85 

Impeachment . 3 12 

Mode of procedure . 6 36 

Of members of Home corporation. 7 36 

Incorporation of locals—Sanction of Execu¬ 
tive Council necessary.196 88 

Instructions to delegates—How local unions 

may give .10 26 

Joint agreement—With other printing 

trades ... 138-148 

Journal—See The Typographical Journal. 

Jurisdiction of International Union. 1 3 

Jurisdiction of subordinate union. 1 42 

Extension of for use of label. 97 67 

May be extended. 2 42 

Over men in army or navy. 3 42 

Label—Design and use of.1-3 15 

Label, The .97-104 67-68 

Candidates for public offices to use.... 12 100 

Committee on shall be created.188 86 

Duties of committee on.188 86 

Design of . 1 15 

How distributed .97-104 67-68 

Imprint or number of office doing work 

must be used with. 103 68 

International officers shall register.... 2 15 

Law protecting to be introduced.104 68 

May be granted to active members.100 68 

Members to purchase goods bearing.187 86 

More than one design shall not be used.. 3 15 

Office using, must sign contract. 98 67 

Persistent agitation of..... . 13 100 

Printing of fraternal societies to bear.... 7 99 

Printed matter without shall not be dis¬ 
tributed at convention. 5 9° 

.Propaganda committee recommended.... 188 86 




































i6o 


INDEX. 


Label, The— Continued. Sec. 

Proprietors who are active members may 

use .ioo 

Scale of $14 necessary to use.101 

Shall be loaned . 97-99 

Shall not be granted outside city named 

in charter . 97 

Shall not be placed on work subcontracted. 102 
Subordinate unions shall not use different 

design . 3 

To be issued to subordinate unions. 2 

Unions to advertise .189 

Label leagues—Formation recommended.... 10 
Labor day — Optional with union whether 

members be fined for not participating.. 29 
Labor papers—To publish fair lists in.... 183 

Members to subscribe for. 15 

Labor question—Discussion urged. 1 

Laws—What composed of.1-4 

Legislation—Opposed to that curtailing liber¬ 
ties of people. 16 

Loaning and borrowing matter prohibited. . 169 
Lockout—See Strikes. 

Machines—See Typesetting Machines. 
Machine-tenders—See Typesetting Machines. 
Members— 

At Home not permitted to vote on local 

matters . 43 

Can not accept casual employment.113 

Can not perform day’s work and then pro¬ 
ceed, to work in office in which interested 42 

Foremen must be active. 41 

Guilty of “ratting” when applying for situ¬ 
ation in jurisdiction of another union at 

less than scale .115 

May vote before holding situation. 31 

More efficient workmanship among. 9 

Must pay per capita tax. 62 

Must demand due stamps . 63 

Must personally cast ballot. 6 

Only journeymen and apprentices recog¬ 
nized .172 

Proprietors must be active. 41 

Record of to be kept. 48 

Register number for. 46 

Shall not make application for situation of 

another .117 

Shall not sign private contracts.163 

Shall not use name of union.no 


Page 

68 

68 

67 ‘ 

67 

68 

15 

IS 

86 

99 

48 

86 

100 

98 

4 

IOO 

83 


51 
7 1 

5 i 

5 i 


7 i 

48 

99 

56 

56 

21 

84 

5 1 
S 3 

52 

7 i 

81 

70 





























INDEX. 


161 


Members— Continued. Sec. Page 

Shall not work more than six days per 

week .105 68 

Should encourage apprentices to take I. T. 

U. Course in Printing. 53 54 

Should inculcate union principles in minds 

of apprentices . 51 53 

Suspension of . 66 57 

Unattached may vote. 7 21 

Unlawful to belong to organization seek¬ 
ing to control legislation or election of 

officers .107 89 

When can operate printing plant.109 70 

When not permitted to work in unorgan¬ 
ized town . hi 70 

When not subject to local assessments.... 72 59 

Working at another trade must join union 

of that calling .193 87 

Membership.33-43 48-51 

Membership record .44-50 51-53 

Shall be established. 44 5* 

Shall report names for. 47 52 

Memorial day—Unions to observe.197 88 

Mortuary benefits—Amount of. 5 10 

Rules governing payment of.15-20 35-36 

“Must” days—Prohibited .121 72 

Non-union products—When members shall 

not buy ...195 88 

Obligating—Of printers in unorganized 

towns .35, 37 49, 50 

On leaving jurisdiction where application 

is made . 36 49 

Obligations—For delegates . 2 13 

For appointive officers at conventions.... 7 90 

For subordinate unions . 1 12 

Office—Acceptance of withdrawal card va¬ 
cates . 86 63 

Vacancies in . 1 8 

Officers—Compensation of .1-2 8-9 

Duties of .1-8 6-8 

Duties of ..1-5 27-31 

Elective . 1 5 

Impeachment of . 3 12 

Impeachment of .1-7 37-40 

Must furnish itemized expense account. . . 3 9 

Nominations of by subordinate unions.... 2 5 

Qualifications of . 1 18 

Reports to be printed. 3 28-31 

Salaries of .1-2 8-9 



































INDEX. 


162 

Officers— Continued. Sec. Page 

Suspension—In event of. 6 39 

Term of office . 3 6 

Term of office begins. 8 22 

Officers and elections .1-3 5-6 

Official paper—(See also The Typograph¬ 
ical Journal) . 1 15 

Old age pension fund—How collected. 1 9 

Applications—How made . 7 33 

Continuous membership Spanish war vet¬ 
erans . 14 35 

Disbursements of .....6-14 33-35 

Executive Council may meet exigencies... 13 34 

Home residents not entitled to. 9 34 

Members earning more than two days’ pay 

in any one week not entitled to... 8 34 

Penalty for testifying falsely regarding... 11 34 

Powers of Executive Council thereon. 12 34 

Secretaries shall forward list entitled to... 10 34 

Outfit-—To prepare charter. 3 28-31 

Overtime—Rate shall be uniform.166 82 

Penalties . 1-3 11-12 

For admitting persons without traveling 

cards . 33 48 

For applying to other than foreman for 

work . 106 69 

For contempt.116 71 

For counterfeiting due stamps. 2 32 

For election frauds. 14 24 

For engaging to take situation for less 

than scale .115 71 

For failure of auditing committee to re¬ 
port . 10 43 

For failure to deposit card. 71 59 

For failure to hold elections. 15 24 

For failure to make reports. 2 n 

For failure to make quarterly reports. 10 43 

For failure to make monthly reports. 48 53 

For failure to pay per capita tax. 1 11 

For falsification of reports by auditors.... 10 43 

For going to work in unorganized town 

during strike.111 70 

For making application for position of an¬ 
other union man.117 71 

For violation of six-day law.105 68 

Pension fund .6-14 33-35 

Per capita tax—All members must pay. 62 56 

Collected on traveling cards. 64 57 

Home inmates exempt from payment of... 62 56 





































INDEX. 


Per Capita Tax— Continued. Sec. 

Must be paid when expired traveling card 

is renewed. 83 

Penalty for failure to pay by union. 1 

Penalty for failure to pay by members. .65, 66 

Rate of and when payable.1-2 

Receipts for to presidents, to show month 

of payment . 3 

Stamps and working cards to be sold. 1 

Stamps must be demanded when paid for. 62 
When paid in advance, credit for shall be 

allowed .. 67 

Permits—To applicants . 39 

Can be revoked . 39 

Piecework—In bookrooms be abolished.178 

On newspapers should be abolished. 93 

Plate matter and matrices.168-169 

Exchange of, prohibited.169 

Plates and plate supplements.168 

Political action—Unions may take.no 

Political purposes—Members shall not use 

name of union .no 

Subordinate uniuns shall not assess mem¬ 
bers for .no 

Powers of chapels. 30 

Powers of subordinate unions.27-32 

President—Duties of .-. 1 

Duties of. 1 

Salary of. 1 

Shall appoint expert accountant to exam¬ 
ine books of local union. 1 

Shall appoint expert accountant to audit 
the books of the International Union... 21 

Shall appoint representatives. 8 

Suspension of International officer by. 6 

Term of... 3 

Traveling expenses to and from headquar¬ 
ters . 4 

Vacation shall be allowed. 4 

Printers’ benevolent societies—Can not 

charge in excess of 2 per cent per week. 108 
Priority—Shall not lose when working in 

official capacity ._.126 

Proofreaders—Eligible for membership when 

practical printers. 1 

Proprietors—Must be active members of 

union when working at trade. 41 

Publication of names of offices not paying 
scale .184 


163 

Page 

62 

11 

57 
9-10 

28-31 

3i 

56 

58 
50 
50 

85 

66 

83 

83 

83 

70 

70 

70 

48 

48 

6 

27 

8 


27 

36 

8 

39 

6 

9 

9 

69 

73 

3 

5 i 

86 

































INDEX. 


164 

Sec. Page 

Ratting—When guilty of.115,134 71, 75. 

When deliberate, trial not necessary.134 75 

Recommendations—To subordinate unions.. 


Register number—Assignment of. 45 52 

Shall be placed on card. 46 52 

Registration fee—For each initiate. 50 53 

Regular—May not be discharged for sub’s 

incompetency .123 73 

Can not accept casual employment.113 71 

Rejections—To be reported. 23 47 

Reports of officers—To be published. 3 28-31 

Representation at conventions. 1 5 

How determined . 3 25 

Representatives— 

Appointment of. 8 8 

Compensation of .2-3 8-9 

Duties of.. 5 31 

Shall examine books of local unions. 5 31 

Shall render itemized bill of expenses.... 3 9 

Resolutions .1-25—97-103 

Right of free speech and free press. 97 

Revenue and funds.1-9 9-11 

Disbursements and investments.1-5 31-33 

Increase in revenue must be submitted to 

referendum . 2 16 

Salaries—Of officers. 1 8 

Of unsalaried officers. 2 9 

Sanitary condition composing room. 21 46 

Unions urged to adopt laws. 17 100 

Use of individual drinking cups urged.... 17 100- 

Scale of prices—Conciliatory methods should 

be observed when changing.176 85 

Binding when signed.177 85 

Proposed changes in to be submitted to 

publishers .176 85 

Regarding work in foreign languages.112 71 

Requires six months’ membership to vote 

on change in.171 84. 

Secret ballot necessary to change.170-171 83-84 

Subordinate unions to make provision for 

members unable to earn.190 87 

Three-fourths vote necessary to change an 

established .171 84 

School books—Demanding that label appear 

on . 8 99 

Seal—Unions to have. 18 46 

Second Vice-President—Duties of. 3 6 

Manner of electing. 10 23 







































INDEX. 


165 

Second Vice-President— Continued. Sec. Page 

Salary of. 1 8 

Secretary-Treasurer—Accounts to be audited 3 28-31 

Bond of—International should pay for.... 5 7 

Duties of . .. 3 28-31 

Misappropriation of funds by. 22 36 

Must give bond. 5 7 

Salary of.. . 1 8 

Shall keep file bonds local officers. 3 28-31 

Shall perform duties required by law. 5 7 

Shall publish laws. 3 28-31 

Shall furnish supplies . 3 28-31 

Shall keep record books for sale. 49 53 

Term of. 3 6 

To exclude all personalities from Journal. 3 28-31 

To make necessary changes in laws. 1 17 

Traveling expenses to and from headquar¬ 
ters . 4 9 

Vacation shall be allowed. 4 9 

Secretaries—Names to be published. 1 40 

To answer correspondence promptly. 24 47 

To file duplicates of applications. 22 46 

To furnish names of applicants for publi¬ 
cation . 22 46 

To furnish statement rejections, expul¬ 
sions, etc. 23 47 

To make monthly reports. 47 52 

Secret ballot—When necessary, etc.170-171 83-84 

-Seven-day paper—Defining.105 68 

Shylocks—Members can not act as agents 

for.108 69 

Situation—Application for to be made to 

foreman .106 69 

Already filled may not be applied for.117 71 

Competent sub oldest in service entitled 

to ,.120 72 

Holder can not accept casual employment.. 113 71 

Six-day law... 105 68 

Six hours’ composition—Recommended.179 85 

Standard of type. 167 82 

State and District Unions—Affiliation of local 

unions with recommended.192 87 

Local unions should form. 19 101 

Statistics—Secretaries of subordinate unions 

to furnish .11-12 45 

Stereotyping and electrotyping.180 85 

Strikes .145-161 77-81 

All union men notified.153 80 

Arbitration .162 81 

Benefits—Amount of .154 80 







































166 


INDEX. 


Strikes— Continued. Sec. Page 

Benefits—Can not be paid.151 79 

Benefits—Members not entitled to.156 80 

Benefits—Union shall not increase.156 80 

Can not inaugurate for one year.159 81 

How money shall be used.157 80 

May refuse traveling cards. 74 60 

Necessary to legalize.146,151 78, 79 

Need not affect other departments.161 81 

Penalty for refusing to work.156 80 

Penalty when officers of local suppress or 

conceal official information.147 78 

President shall be notified.145 77 

Three-fourths vote necessary to order.146 78 

Weekly reports required.158 80 

When illegal ...147,151 78, 79 

When illegal, executive council shall dis¬ 
avow and notify all unions.147 78 

When in cities where no union exists.111 70 

When involving allied trades.149-150 79 

When members can not be disciplined for 

remaining at work.152 79 

When members shall not engage in.160 81 

Subcontracts .109 70 

Sublists .127 73 

Chairman to report violations of law gov¬ 
erning .128 73 

Law governing to be posted in chapels.... 129 74 

Not permitted ._.127 73 

Oldest competent sub entitled to first va¬ 
cancy .120 72 

Penalty for violating law concerning.128 73 

Regular to select sub.128 73 

Sub shall not be barred for failure to 

show up .123 73 

Subordinate Unions—Duties of.10-26 43-48 

Appeals for aid from, shall be approved by 

council . 19 46 

Books of, to be examined by an expert.... 10 43 

Eight-hour-day contracts to be made in 

preference to forty-eight-hour week.191 87 

Fined for failure to make reports. 2 11 

Have no control of persons in army or 

navy . 3 42 

Jurisdiction for organizing purposes. 1 42 

Jurisdiction may be extended. 2 42 

May print own record books. 49 53 

Must be uniform rate for overtime.166 82 

Must furnish statistics to executive coun¬ 
cil ..11-12 45 






































INDEX. 


167 

Subordinate Unions— Continued . Sec. Page 

Must obtain sanction of executive council 

before incorporating.196 88 

Must pass laws defining grade and classes 

of work taught apprentices. 55 55 

Obligation for members of. 1 12 

Penalty for failure of auditors to report.. 10 43 

Presidents of, to report violations of law.. 20 46 

Required to make quarterly reports. 10 43 

Sanitary condition of offices to be investi¬ 
gated . 21 46 

Scales of, placing all composing room em¬ 
ployes on equality, endorsed. 5 99 

Shall cause officers to be bonded. 16 46 

Shall create label committee. 14 45 

Shall define what constitutes situation.... 113 71 

Shall enact laws prohibiting buying non¬ 
union goods .195 88 

Shall file duplicates of applications. 22 46 

Shall fix time for monthly meetings. 13 45 

Shall have seal engraved. 18 46 

Shall insert clause in contracts reserving 

right to refuse to handle struck work.. .165 82 

Shall loan labels .97-104 67-68 

Shall make return of per capita. 17 46 

Shall purchase due stamps. 15 45 

Shall suspend members in arrears four 

months . 66 57 

Should abolish piece scales. 93 66 

Should affiliate with state and district 

unions .192 87 

Should form state and district unions. 19, 24 101, 102 

To appoint committee on sanitation. 21 46 

To make scales for and control copyhold- 

holders .194 88 

Substitutes—See Sublists. 

Supplementary Education—To appoint com¬ 
mittee on. 11 100 

Suspension of members. 66 57 

The Typographical Journal.1-3 40 

Advertisements in . 1 40 

Peisonalities to be excluded from. 3 28-31 

Rate for union cards in. 2 40 

Subscription rate . 3 40 

The Union Printers Home— 

Accounts—How kept . 17 128 

Accounts to be audited..... 21 36 

Admission committee—Duties of. 7 124 

Admission committee—Instructions to. 2 132 

































INDEX. 


168 

The Union Printers Home— Continued. Sec. Page 

Admission of inmates.1-2 118 

Admission to immediately on joining union 4 132 

Agent—Duties of . 7 8 

Amendments to laws—How made. 5 41 

By Home board. 109 

Applicants—Order of admission. 9 125 

Must have membership ten years. 4 132 

Qualifications of . 8 124 

Record, age, health, etc..... . 7 124 

To be examined by physician selected 

by union . 12 133 

Transportation of.1, 3 132 

Applications—How made.1-2 118 

Must be in writing. 1 118 

Must be endorsed by local union. 2 118 

Bond of Treasurer. 4 115 

By-laws . 110-131 

How amended . 131 

Cemetery . 14 126 

Charges—Mode of procedure. 3 111 

Must be specific. 7 133 

Must give thirty days’ notice. 3 111 

Preferred by inmate to be endorsed by 

union . 7 133 

Two-thirds vote necessary to sustain.... 3 111 

Charter of. 104-106 

Committees—How appointed . 2 114 

Duties of.5-8—116-117 

Constitution . 107-109 

Corporation—Domicile of. *3 107 

Existence perpetual . *4 107 

May accept property. *6 108 

Meetings of .1-2 113 

Members, elective . 1 5 

Membership in. *5 107 

Name of . *1 107 

Object of . *2 107 

Order of business. 4 113 

Eligibility of members to. 2 41 

Executive committee—Duties of. 5 116 

Finance committee—Duties of. 6 116 

Funds . 7 11 

Custody of . 4 115 

Must be paid over. 3 28-31 

Transfer of. 7 11 

Impeachment of officers. 7 39 

Inmates—Care of . 10 125 


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INDEX. 


169 

The Union Printers Home— Continued. Sec. Page 

Can not engage in money-making scheme 10 125 

Death of . 14 126 

Duties of. 12 126 

Exempt from per capita tax. 62 56 

Expulsion of. 13 126 

No fee or assessment to be levied. 11 126 

Not permitted to vote on local matters.. 43 51 

Order of admission. 9 125 

Record to be kept. 1 117 

Shall not wear distinctive dress. 10 125 

Shall refund transportation on readmis¬ 
sion .. 9 133 

Transportation of to Home..... 1 132 

Transportation—When discharged . 3 132 

Weekly allowance . 10 133 

When found guilty of disposing of trans¬ 
portation . 11 133 

Land—Description of . 120 

Transfer of. 1 40 

Trustees may sell. 15 127 

Matron—Appointment of . 1 117 

Meetings—Of corporation .1-2 113 

Of trustees . 5 114 

Membership .1-4 no 

Obligation—For members of corporation.. 4 in 

Officers . 1 114 

President—Duties of .;. 2 114 

Of corporation. 1 6 

Shall appoint superintendent and ma¬ 
tron . 1 117 

Reorganization of corporation. 118-130 

Report of trustees to be submitted to con¬ 
vention . 4 41 

Resolutions . 132-133 

Rules—Committee on. 8 117 

Secretary-Treasurer, bond of. 4 115 

Duties of. 4 IX S 

To deposit funds in banks. 4 115 

To publish monthly statement. 4 n? 

Servants of the corporation. 1 117 

Solicitor—President may appoint......... 2 118 

Statement of expenditures to be published 1 40 

Superintendent—Appointment of ... 1 117 

Empowered to regulate Home’s internal 

affairs . 5 132 

To publish monthly statement. 6 133 

Transportation—Of applicants. 1 132 

Of discharged inmates. 3 132 

Must be refunded. 9 *33 










































170 INDEX. 

The Union Printers Home— Continued. Sec. Page 

When disposed of. n 133 

Trustees—Causes for expulsion. *5 107 

Election of . 1 114 

Expulsion of . 3 111 

May sell land. 15 127 

Must be in good standing. 2 no 

Terms of.. 1 114 

Who eligible and requirements. *5 107 

Vice-Presidents—Duties of. 3 115 

Votes—Must be by ballot. . 3 113 

Third Vice-President—Shall be a mailer.... 1 18 

Trade district unions—Provisions for. 1 14 

Powers of .2-3 14 

Presidents of, accorded privilege of floor 

at conventions . 12 27 

Traveling cards . 1 14 

Acceptance of, severs connection with is¬ 
suing union . 69 58 

Allied crafts shall deposit with typograph¬ 
ical union . 79 61 

Books for record of cards issued and re¬ 
ceived . 3 28-31 

Change of Secretary-Treasurer does not 

invalidate . 80 61 

Death of member holding. 17 35 

Deposited, shall be sent to Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer . 78 60 

Duplicates of, charge for.... 85 63 

Duplicates of, must be obtained from Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer International Union... 85 63 

Expire in two months from time last 

stamp shows dues paid. 70 59 

Form of. 70 59 

Holders must pay per capita tax. 64 57 

Must be received from foreign unions on 

payment of registration fee. 82 62 

May be renewed by International Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer . 83 62 

May refuse to accept in case of strike.... 74 60 

May refuse to issue when charges pend¬ 
ing . 75 60 

Members depositing not subject to assess¬ 
ments .. 72 59 

Members entitled to on paying all finan¬ 
cial obligations. 69 58 

Members of suspended unions entitled to. 81 62 

Must be deposited when accepting work... 71 59 


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INDEX. 


171 

Traveling Cards— Continued. Sec. Page 

Must be deposited with union of craft.... 79 61 

Must be received if within date. 73 60 

Must bear member’s register number.46 52 

Must be signed by member. 77 60 

Must have seal stamped thereon. 76 60 

Not honored when charter has been re¬ 
voked . 81 62 

Of defaulters, may be revoked.114 71 

Penalty for failure to deposit. 71 59 

Price of. 3 28-31 

Renewals of—How procured, etc. 83 62 

Shall be received. 72 59 

Shall be forwarded to Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer when deposited. 78 60 

Shall be renewed by Secretary-Treasurer. 84 63 

Signatures, etc., must be written in ink... 76 60 

When issued to members of allied crafts.. 79 61 

When charge for issuing is legal. 69 58 

When lost . 85 63 

When members entitled to. 69 58 

When unions shall charge 25 cents for is¬ 
suing . 69 58 

Typesetting machines .91-95 65-66 

Applicant for membership eligible as 

learner on . 92 65 

Apprentices—May work on.57,92 55,65 

Learners on, shall be members of I. T. U. 92 65 

Learners’ scale shall be regulated by local 

union .. *. 92 65 

Local unions to regulate scale for. 92 65 

Local union to provide an opportunity for 

members to learn. 6 99 

Machine-tenders must have served four 

years . 34 49 

Machine-tenders shall be members I. T. U. 94 66 

Machine-tenders’ assistants shall be jour¬ 
neymen members. 94 66 

Machine-tenders’ helpers, may employ.... 94 66 

Speed contests on, forbidden. 95 66 

Scale for machine-tenders to be provided.. 94 66 

Working cards of inspectors and repair 

men to be recognized. 18 101 

Unfair men—Policy toward.175 85 

Union labels—See Label. 

Union offices—To print list of.183 86 

Unfair establishments. 2 98 

Unfair publications—Local secretaries to fur¬ 
nish list of. 25 47 

To be advertised by International officers. 198 88 































372 


INDEX. 


Sec. Page 

United Typothetae—Representatives of to be 

heard on changes in laws. 4 89 

Vacancies in office. 1 8 

Vice-Presidents .2-4 6 

Duties of. 2 28 

How elected . 2 5 

Vote in Executive Council on matters per¬ 
taining to trade represented. 4 6 

Vote—Of three-fourths members present pre¬ 
vents rejection of applicant. 40 51 

Of unattached members. 7 21 

On amendments must be on official ballot 26 47 

On reduction of scale.170 83 

On question of strike.146 78 

Right of member to for International offi¬ 
cers .11-12 23 

Voters—Qualifications of.12-13 23 

Must deposit card fifteen days preceding 

election . 11 27 

Must personally cast ballot. 6 21 

Wages—Equal for both sexes. 3 98 

Withdrawal cards—Form of. 87 63 

Woman suffrage—In favor of. 3 98 

Work—In English, shall not be less than 

scale of typographical union.112 71 

In foreign languages shall be at scale rate 

of union having jurisdiction.112 71 

Limited to six days per week.105 68 

Must apply to foreman for.106 69 

To refuse to execute struck.165 82 




































































